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Let Ij be the indicator random variable for j-th person drawing the slip of paper containing their name.
Let X=∑nj=1Ij be the number of people who draw their name. Then, by linearity of expectation, E(X)=E(∑nj=1Ij)=∑nj=1E(Ij)=∑nj=11n=1.
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