Suppose that the probability that x is in a list of n


Question: Suppose that the probability that x is in a list of n distinct integers is 2/3 and that it is equally likely that x equals any element in the list. Find the average number of comparisons used by the linear search algorithm to find x or to determine that it is not in the list.

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