166.Flips Until Three Alike
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A fair coin is flipped until either three heads or three tails have appeared in total (not necessarily consecutively). What is the expected number of flips?
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The game always ends by the fifth flip. Work out the probability it ends on flip 3, 4 or 5 and average.
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