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18 May, 09:44

A list of n items is arranged in random order; to find a requested item, they are searched sequentially until the desired item is found. what is the expected number of items that must be searched through, assuming that each item is equally likely to be the one requested?

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  1. 18 May, 13:31
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    Infinitely. Not enough details for a better answer.
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