177.Keep the Better of Two Rolls
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A fair six-sided die is rolled twice and you are paid the larger of the two results (if both are the same, you are paid that value). What is the expected payout?
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Count how many of the 36 ordered outcomes have a maximum of at most k, then work out how often each maximum occurs.
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