419.Waiting for a Big Bid
★★★expected valueCh. 6 — Random Variables and Expectation444+ Problems in Probability
Fred sells his car to the first bidder offering at least . Bids are IID exponential with mean . Find the expected number of bids Fred receives, including the winning one.
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Each bid clears with probability — then it's a geometric wait.
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