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Problem 179 of 333MediumProbabilityP179

A random number of dice

  1. Roll a fair six-sided die and let NN be the result. Then roll NN more fair dice and let SS be their total. Find E[S]E[S], Var⁡(S)\operatorname{Var}(S) and the probability that none of the NN dice shows a six.