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Old 07-26-2017, 01:38 PM   #1
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Default Math Question - Probability

Let's say you had a number line with all real numbers between 1 and 5. If you were to randomly select a bunch of numbers within this range, the average result would become closer to three the larger the sample size became. So the expected value of this scenario is 3.

My question though, is what if you take N random numbers generated and keep the best result? What is the relationship between N and the expected maximum result within the list of outputs?
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