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%I #6 Jun 18 2012 12:25:23
%S 1,1,2,10,5,7,14,6,1,55,11,13,91,5,10,34,17,57,95,35,11,253,23,25,65,
%T 117,21,203,145,31,62,22,11,595,21,37,703,247,65,41,287,301,473,165,
%U 23,1081,47,49,1225,425,221,689,159,45,385,133,551,1711,295,305
%N Denominator of expected minimum number of yes-no questions required to determine the value of a card randomly selected from a deck consisting of one 1, two 2's, three 3's, ..., and n n's.
%D M. Gardner, Problem 7 from Chapter 19, Sphere Packing, Lewis Carroll, and Reversi, Cambridge University Press, 2009, pages 245-246. Answers, pages 254-256. (Revised edition of New Mathematical Diversions, Mathematical Association of America, 1995, page 223. Answers, pages 230-232.)
%e 0, 1, 3/2, 19/10, 11/5, 17/7, 37/14, 17/6, 3, 173/55, 36/11, 44/13, 318/91, ... = A213602/A213603
%Y Cf. A213602.
%K nonn,frac
%O 1,3
%A _William Rex Marshall_, Jun 15 2012
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