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OME 1989 Problem 1

    An exam at a university consists of one question randomly selected from the nn possible questions. A student knows only one question, but he can take the exam nn times. Express as a function of nn the probability pnp_n that the student will pass the exam. Does pnp_n increase or decrease as nn increases? Compute limn→∞pnlim_{n\to \infty}p_n . What is the largest lower bound of the probabilities pnp_n ?

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