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Expected Value, Linearity & Advanced Probability · Challenge problem

A subset SS of {1,2,…,10}\{1,2,\dots,10\} is chosen uniformly at random from all 2102^{10} subsets. Let MM be the largest element of SS, with M=0M=0 when SS is empty. Find E[M]E[M]. Express your answer as a common fraction.