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Problem 181 of 333MediumProbabilityP181
HHT or HTH first?
A fair coin is flipped repeatedly until either HHT or HTH appears as three consecutive flips. What is the probability that HHT appears first? Also find the expected number of flips until each pattern appears on its own.
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