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HMMT 2005 U40

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In a town of nn people, a governing council is elected as follows: each person casts one vote for some person in the town, and anyone that receives at least five votes is elected to council. Let c(n)c(n) denote the average number of people elected to council if everyone votes randomly. Find lim⁡n→∞c(n)/n\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} c(n) / n.

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1-\frac{65}{24 e}

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