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Originally Posted by CraigD
Yes, you have. 
I’m honestly not sure if anyone short of an intuitive mathematical genius (not that I’m suggesting modest, or any other member, isn’t  ) could guess the next parts of the puzzle without my post #1 clue linking to this post, so modest or any other puzzler, please don't feel restrained in followin it, unless you're committed to an excercise in intuition, or some formal method beyond my comprehension.
In the interest of not excessively teasing at the puzzle, I’ll throw out another clue: rational numbers. |
i would never have seen that!
still, it wasn't for a lack of looking.
anyway, i keep looking at your 'clue' post & either i'm missing something even more obvious or you have made an error. to whit:
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Originally Posted by Craig
For example, the expected value of a fair 6-sided die roll is
which can be confirmed by noting that, after many die roles, the average roll approaches 3.5 |
since
=
and
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, aren't we already up to
and with the 4 other terms aren't we at
?
