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Fair Fairy Fare (Posted on 2009-12-10) Difficulty: 2 of 5
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.

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 3.0000 (1 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
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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re: Fenceposts? Beta test versionJustin2009-12-10 21:31:28
Fenceposts? Beta test versioned bottemiller2009-12-10 21:17:09
Solutionthe exact calculationCharlie2009-12-10 18:48:17
SolutionWhy 24 letters are a better alphabet (spoiler)Steve Herman2009-12-10 17:05:39
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