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Expectations of die rolls

A fair die is rolled ten times. Find numerical values for the expectations of each of the following random variables

  1. the sum of the numbers in the ten rolls;
  2. the sum of the largest two numbers in the first three rolls;
  3. the maximum number in the first five rolls;
  4. the number of multiples of three in the first ten rolls;
  5. the number of faces which fail to appear in the ten rolls;
  6. the number of different faces that appear in the ten rolls.

[From Pitman page 183]


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