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Collecting Lucky coupons

Source: Quant Interview

A soda company is holding a contest where everyone who collects one each of N different coupons wins some prize. You get a coupon with each purchase of a soda, and each coupon is equally likely. What’s the expected number of soda bottles you have to buy in order to collect all the coupons?

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