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Suppose a building has 10 floors. m people get into the elevator at level 0 and each one independently and uniformly at random chooses a floor between 1 and 10. what is the expected number of stops of
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Suppose a building has 10 floors. m people get into the elevator at level 0 and each one independently and uniformly at random chooses a floor between 1 and 10. what is the expected number of stops of the elevator?

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It's 1 stops per person the expected stop is 10
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