Aces in a seven-card hand

Seven cards are dealt from a standard deck. What is the expected number of aces? Give a decimal to four places.

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  1. Indicator for each ace being dealt.
  2. Each ace appears with probability 7/52.

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0.5385 (± 0.001)

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