You call three random students out of the classroom and ask


You want to estimate the size of an MIT class that is closed to visitors. The students are numbered from 1 to n, where n is the number of students. You call three random students out of the classroom and ask for their numbers, which turn out to be 1, 3, 7. Find the maximum likelihood estimate for n. (Hint: the student #'s are drawn from a discrete uniform distribution.)

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