ets say you are going up a building with an infinite number of floors. Independantly of all other floors, there is a probability of 1/5 that each floor has a treasure chest. If you start from the first floor what is the expected number of floors without a treasure chest before you first encounter one?

ets say you are going up a building with an infinite number of floors. Independantly of all other floors, there is a probability of 1/5 that each floor has a treasure chest. If you start from the first floor what is the expected number of floors without a treasure chest before you first encounter one?

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