A jar contains n chips. Suppose that a boy successively draws a chip from the jar, each time replacing the one drawn before drawing another. The process continues until the boy draws a chip that he has previously drawn. Let X denote the number of draws, and calculate its probability mass function.

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A jar contains n chips. Suppose that a boy successively draws a chip from the jar, each time replacing
the one drawn before drawing another. The process continues until the boy draws a chip that he has
previously drawn. Let X denote the number of draws, and calculate its probability mass function.

 

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