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Frank and Joe are playing ping pong. For each game, there is a 30%30 \% chance that Frank wins and a 70%70 \% chance Joe wins. During a match, they play games until someone wins a total of 21 games. What is the expected value of number of games played per match?
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Frank and Joe are playing ping pong. For each game, there is a 30% chance that Frank wins and a 70% chance Joe wins. During a match, they play games until someone wins a total of 21 games. What is the expected value of number of games played per match?
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Frank and Joe are playing ping pong. For each game, there is a $30 \%$ chance that Frank wins and a $70 \%$ chance Joe wins. During a match, they play games until someone wins a total of 21 games. What is the expected value of number of games played per match?

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