Given an -tuple of numbers another -tuple is created where each element of the new -tuple is chosen randomly from the numbers in the previous -tuple. For example, given the probability that occurs in the first position in the next 3-tuple is . The probability of getting all 's would be while the probability of getting the same 3-tuple (in any order) would be .
Let be the expected number of steps starting with and ending with all numbers being the same.
You are given and rounded to 6 digits after the decimal place.
Find . Give the answer rounded to 6 digits after the decimal place.
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