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HMMT 2014 C3

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Bob writes a random string of 5 letters, where each letter is either A,B,CA, B, C, or DD. The letter in each position is independently chosen, and each of the letters A,B,C,DA, B, C, D is chosen with equal probability. Given that there are at least two AA 's in the string, find the probability that there are at least three AA 's in the string.

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\frac{53}{188}

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