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TxO Math Bowl 2024 - Individuals A - Problem 6

Jonas writes down three real numbers on a blackboard that sum to 24. Jonah then replaces every number on the board with the result when rounded to the nearest integer. What is the expected value of the new sum over all possible triples of numbers?


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