Jump Trading–styleTraderAlgorithmic TraderQuestion #28
There are 4 balls in a bag: 2 red and 2 black. Randomly pick 2 balls; paint the second ball to the color of the first ball. What is the expected number of times this operation must be repeated until all the balls have the same color?
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