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= Solution

The <expected value> is finite because $t>2$:
$$
\boxed{\mathbb E[X]=(t-1)\int_1^{\infty}x^{1-t}\,dx=\frac{t-1}{t-2}.}
$$
The condition on $t$ is precisely the first <moment> threshold for this parameterization of the <Pareto distribution>.

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