HMMT 2004 F2
- General 2
- Answer
Andrea flips a fair coin repeatedly, continuing until she either flips two heads in a row (the sequence ) or flips tails followed by heads (the sequence ). What is the probability that she will stop after flipping ?
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\frac{1}{4}
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