Scooters by Serial Number

A rideshare company stamps its rental scooters with consecutive serial numbers 1,2,…,N 1, 2, \dots, N and guards the fleet size N N closely. Walking through town, an analyst spots five scooters — a random sample without replacement — bearing serials 12,33,47,68, 12, 33, 47, 68, and 75 75 . Using the minimum-variance unbiased estimator for this setting, what should she estimate N N to be?

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