(1) x:number of empty boxes p:probabilty that the box is empty (p1=p2=...pn=p) n个球n个盒子 => p=(n-1/n)^n E(x) = sum(pi * 1) = np = n* ((n-1)/n)^n = (n-1)^n / n^(n-1) (2) x:number of one-ball boxes p:probabilty that the box has one ball (p1=p2=...pn=p) n个球n个盒子 => p=n*(1/n)((n-1)/n)^(n-1)=((n-1)/n)^(n-1) E(x) = sum(pi * 1) = np =n*((n-1)/n)^(n-1) = (n-1)^(n-1) / n^(n-2) (3) x:number of two-ball boxes p:probability that a box has 2 balls y:投多少次球before任何一个盒子有两个球之前 y个球n个盒子 => p=[y(y-1)/2]*(1/n)^2*((n-1)/n)^(y-2) choose y so that E(x) = 1 =>E(x) = sum(pi * 1) = np =1 => n[y(y-1)/2]*(1/n)^2*((n-1)/n)^(y-2)=1 and solve this equation and this will imply E(y) (y cannot be written explicitly as n from above equation.If you need to write explicitly,you need to make assumption that n is sufficiently large,and the binomial distribution can be approxmate by POISSON distribution.)