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THE DAILY PROBABILITY PUZZLENovember 3, 2026 · ET
No. 041Expected valueHard8 min

The larger of two tickets

A bag contains eight tickets, numbered 1 through 8. Draw one ticket at random, leave it out, then draw a second ticket at random. Your score is the larger of the two numbers.

Put both tickets back before each new round. If you played many rounds, what would your average score be?

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