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counting and probability senior

Problem

A school has students and teachers. In the first period, each student is taking one class, and each teacher is teaching one class. The enrollments in the classes are and . Let be the average value obtained if a teacher is picked at random and the number of students in their class is noted. Let be the average value obtained if a student was picked at random and the number of students in their class, including the student, is noted. What is ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
The formula for expected values is We have Therefore, the answer is
Final answer
B