14. For Example 2j show that the variance of the number of coupons needed to amass a...
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14. For Example 2j show that the variance of the number of coupons needed to amass a full set is equal to
$$
\sum_{j=1}^{N-1} \frac{jN}{(N-j)^2}
$$
When N is large, this can be shown to be approximately equal (in the sense that their ratio approaches 1 as N → ∞) to N2(π2/6).
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