143.Cards for All Four Suits
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Cards are drawn one at a time without replacement from a standard 52-card deck. What is the expected number of draws needed before every one of the four suits has appeared at least once?
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This is coupon collecting without replacement, so the draws are dependent. Recurse on how many cards of each suit remain and how many suits are still missing.
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