Mock AIME 2 2006-2007/Problem 13
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Problem
In his spare time, Richard Rusczyk shuffles a standard deck of 52 playing cards. He then turns the cards up one by one from the top of the deck until the third ace appears. If the expected (average) number of cards Richard will turn up is 
where 
and 
are relatively prime positive integers, find 
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Problem Source
4everwise thought of this problem when watching Round 4 of the Professional Poker Tour. (What else can one do during the commercial breaks?) 
