Robert picks a number randomly from the set of positive integers such that the probability that is selected is for each positive integer . He then puts identical slips of paper numbered through into a hat and gives the hat to Charlotte. Charlotte does not know the value of , but she draws one of the slips uniformly at random and discovers that it is the number . What is the expected value of N given Charlotte’s information?
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