Compute expected days until no whole pills

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Compute expected days until no whole pills

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This question evaluates understanding of probability and expected value, modeling of state-based stochastic processes (Markov chains), and the ability to represent state transitions for computing hitting times in an algorithmic context.

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Compute expected days until no whole pills