KöMaL 2020 B5090
The inscription on one side of a fair coin is , and is on the other side. The coin is tossed times in a row, and the results are written down in a row. Then the product of every pair of consecutive items is written below them, resulting in a new list of numbers that only consists of items. The procedure is repeated until a single number remains. What is the expected value of the sum of the numbers written down in the resulting triangular arrangement of numbers?
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