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Jane Street

Given a fair six-sided die (faces numbered 1 to 6), what is the expected value of a single roll? Suppose you have two chances: after the first roll, you can choose whether to keep the result or roll again. What is the maximum expected value you can achieve if you use the best possible strategy?

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