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In a fairy tale, the fairy grandmother has assured the queen that her yet unborn baby prince will not die until the following set of conditions is fulfilled.
A scroll shall be prepared, and on the day of the birth and every subsequent birthday, a letter of the Greek alphabet from Α to Ω inclusively, chosen at random with replacement, shall be entered on the scroll. On the day that all the 24 distinct letters from Α to Ω of the alphabet appears, the prince will die.
Determine the expectation of the prince's life in years.
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Submitted by K Sengupta
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Rating: 3.0000 (1 votes)
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Solution:
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The expectation of the prince's life in years is approximately 89.6229962660841648592 years,
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Steve Herman in this location.
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