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= Solution
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Apply the <law of total expectation> to the <partition of a sample space> given by the possible values of $R_k$. Since the conditional mean is affine,
$$
\boxed{r_{k+1}=\mathbb E[\mathbb E[R_{k+1}\mid R_k]]=1+\left(1-\frac2n\right)r_k.}
$$
Here $r_0=n$. This uses <linearity of expectation> and does not assert independence of successive urn counts.

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