A school is running a raffle for two prizes. 59 tickets were sold for the raffle, numbered 1,…,59. All the tickets are put into a hat and a teacher picks out two tickets which have numbers i and j from the hat. What is the expected value of |i−j|

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anonymous · Answer

Please help

shubhamsrg · Answer

you mean the range of values possible right?

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

note: the minimum value is 31-30 and the max value is 59-1

anonymous · Answer

just find the minimum and maximum

shubhamsrg · Answer

@Shadowys 
not only 31-30 ,,it can be any 2 consecutive nos..though ans doesnt change..

anonymous · Answer

yup! :) though i normally use the center ones for uniformity.