In: Statistics and Probability
Alper, Beatta, and Grandma each pick five cards from a shuffled
standard deck. Alper replaces the card and reshuffles each time he
picks. Beatta picks from the deck without replacement. Grandma
repeatedly picks the top card from the deck and puts it back on the
top of the deck. Count an ace as 14, a king as 13, and so on. Let
X,Y,Z be the sum of the numbers Alper, Beatta, and Grandma get,
respectively. Which of X,Y,Z has or have the largest expected
value?