Imagine you've got a standard deck of 52 playing cards, complete with those four lucky aces tucked away somewhere in the mix. Now, here's the challenge: you shuffle the deck thoroughly (no peeking, now!) and start turning over cards from the top until you finally reveal that elusive first ace. On average, how many cards do you think you'll need to flip …
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