299.Neighboring Rolls
★★★markov chainsCh. 6 — Random Variables and Expectation444+ Problems in Probability
On average, how many rolls of a fair 6-sided die are required to get two consecutive rolls that differ by at most 1?
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Track only the last value rolled. By symmetry there are three kinds of states: , , .
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