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Left Some Candies
A random candy process — how many are left, in order of magnitude?
by MindYourPuzzle
A probabilist has 2 pockets, each with n candies. Each time they want a candy, they pick a random pocket. One day they find an empty pocket. What is the expected number of candies in the other pocket?
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