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2020 BMT Team 18

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January 9, 2022
combinatorics

Problem Statement

Let TT be the answer to question 1717, and let N=24TN =\frac{24}{T}. Leanne flips a fair coin NN times. Let XX be the number of times that within a series of three consecutive flips, there were exactly two heads or two tails. What is the expected value of XX?