Question: Nine tiles, each with a unique non - zero digit, are placed into a bag and shuffled. You pick four of them ( without replacement

Nine tiles, each with a unique non-zero digit, are placed into a bag and shuffled. You pick four of them (without replacement) and they form a number in the order you drew them (eg. if you drew 2,3, 1, 7 your number is 2317).

(a) What is the expected value of the number you draw?

Hint: think recursively and also look ahead to what you will need in part (b).

(b) Now you add a tenth tile with a decimal point into the bag, and repeat the experiment (e.g., if you drew 3, ., 1, 6 your number is 3.16). What is the expected value of the number you draw?

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