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Simulate the expected average of dice rolls if the first roll is 1 and the trial ends when a roll repeats; see https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3606037.
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import java.util.Random; | |
public class Question3606037 { | |
final static long ntrials = 100000000; | |
final static Random random = new Random(); | |
public static void main(String [] args) { | |
double total = 0; | |
for (long n = 0;n < ntrials;n++) { | |
double sum = 1; | |
int count = 1; | |
int last = 1; | |
for (;;) { | |
int roll = random.nextInt(6) + 1; | |
if (roll == last) | |
break; | |
sum += roll; | |
count++; | |
last = roll; | |
} | |
total += sum / count; | |
} | |
System.out.println(total / ntrials); | |
} | |
} |
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