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17 people arrive separately to a professional dinner. Upon arrival, each person looks to see if he or she has any friends among those present. That person then either sits at the table of a friend or at an unoccupied table is none of those present is a friend. Assuming that each of the (2 17) pairs of people are, independently, friends with probability 08 find the expected number of occupied tables.

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17 people arrive separately to a professional dinner. Upon arrival, each person looks to see if he or she has any friends among those present. That person then either sits at the table of a friend or at an unoccupied table is none of those present is a friend. Assuming that each of the (2 17)  pairs of people are, independently, friends with probability 08  find the expected number of occupied tables.

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