AppliedMultiple choice
You have rolled a fair die twelve times without seeing a six. What is the expected number of further rolls until the first six?
- AFewer than six, because a six is overdue
- BExactly six
- CMore than six, because the die may be biased
- DEighteen, because you have already used twelve
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