HMMT 2019 U29
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Yannick picks a number randomly from the set of positive integers such that the probability that is selected is for each positive integer . He then puts identical slips of paper numbered 1 through into a hat and gives the hat to Annie. Annie does not know the value of , but she draws one of the slips uniformly at random and discovers that it is the number 2 . What is the expected value of given Annie's information?
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\frac{1}{2 \ln 2-1}
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