Colored Runs of Cards | BRAINSTELLAR

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There are 26 black(B) and 26 red(R) cards in a standard deck. A run is number of blocks of consecutive cards of the same color. For example, a sequence RRRRBBBRBRB of only 11 cards has 6 runs; namely, RRRR, BBB, R, B, R, B. Find the expected number of runs in a shuffled deck of cards.





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