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= Solution

The nonnegative integer-valued <tail-sum formula for expectation> gives
$$
\boxed{\mathbb E[\lfloor X\rfloor]=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\mathbb P(\lfloor X\rfloor\ge k)=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}k^{-(t-1)}=\zeta(t-1).}
$$
This is finite because $t-1>1$. Here $\zeta$ is the <Riemann zeta function> on its convergent real domain. The <floor function> is nonnegative on the support, so the tail-sum identity applies directly.

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