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On average how many times do you need to roll a die before all six different numbers show up?
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# On average how many times do you need to roll a die before all six different numbers show up? | |
import random | |
dado = [i for i in range (1,7)] | |
throw_list = [] | |
N = 100000 # montecarlo method | |
for i in range(N): | |
lista = [] | |
throw = 0 | |
while len(lista) != 6 : # the while condition stops only when all the six value are in the lista | |
x = random.choice(dado) | |
if x not in lista: # we add the value in the list only if it doesn't exist yet | |
lista.append(x) | |
throw += 1 | |
throw_list.append(throw) | |
print("On average i need to roll the die {} before all six numbers show up.".format(float(sum(throw_list) / N))) | |
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