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When applied to the above problem of finding the expected backoff time, the formula becomes simply:
:<math>\operatorname{E}(c) = \frac{2^c - 1}{2}</math>
... or otherwise interpreted as half of the maximum backoff time.
Because these delays cause other stations who are sending to collide as well, there is a possibility that, on a busy network, hundreds of people may be caught in a single collision set. Because of this possibility, after 16 attempts at transmission, the process is aborted.{{citeneeded}}
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