467.Seven Bills from Eight
★★★expected valueCh. 6 — Random Variables and Expectation444+ Problems in Probability
A box holds one bill, three bills, and four bills. You draw 7 of the 8 bills uniformly at random without replacement. Find the expected value of the total you draw.
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Linearity doesn't care about the dependence between draws.
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