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Exercise 5.17.1: The probability of an
A fair coin is flipped n times. Give an expression for each of the probabilities below as a
(b)
There are at least two consecutive flips that are the same.
(c)
The number of heads is different from the number of tails. (Assume that n is even, otherwise the probability is one.)
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