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An urn has m black balls. At each stage, a black ball is removed and a new ball that is bl...

An urn has m black balls. At each stage, a black ball is removed and a new ball that is black with probability p and white with probability 1 — p is put in its place. Find the expected number of stages needed until there are no more black balls in the urn.

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