7. Coupon-collecting problem. There are c different types of coupon, and each coupon obtained is equally likely

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7. Coupon-collecting problem. There are c different types of coupon, and each coupon obtained is equally likely to be any one of the c types. Find the probability that the first n coupons which you collect do not form a complete set, and deduce an expression for the mean number of coupons you will need to collect before you have a complete set.

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Probability An Introduction

ISBN: 9780198709978

2nd Edition

Authors: Geoffrey Grimmett, Dominic Welsh

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