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The First Lady (Posted on 2024-01-30)

A standard deck of 52 cards contains, inter alia, four Queens.
After a perfect shuffle, one turns cards from the top one after another, until the first Queen appears.

Please provide your justified estimate at what step will the 1st Queen appear.

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ady TZIDON

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Subject	Author	Date
re(2): Excel (spoiler)	Jer	2024-01-31 13:04:38
re: 2 methods, 2 different answers	Jer	2024-01-31 12:54:55
re: Perfect Shuffle	Ady TZIDON	2024-01-31 07:09:00
Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2024-01-30 12:27:05
re: Excel (spoiler)	Brian Smith	2024-01-30 11:07:37
2 methods, 2 different answers	Larry	2024-01-30 10:31:17
re: Perfect Shuffle	Charlie	2024-01-30 10:01:11
Perfect Shuffle	Steve Herman	2024-01-30 09:45:30
re: computer solution	Charlie	2024-01-30 09:41:33
computer solution	Charlie	2024-01-30 09:23:01
Excel (spoiler)	Steve Herman	2024-01-30 09:16:05
Intuition	Steve Herman	2024-01-30 09:03:45

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