Does an Even Number of Heads Indicate a Fair Coin?

Probability · Hard · Free problem
You flip a coin with unknown bias
n$ times and observe that the number of heads is even. Does this observation provide evidence that the coin is fair ($p = 1/2$)? Derive $P(\text{even number of heads})$ as a function of $p$ and $n$, and use this to determine whether the likelihood ratio favors fairness or bias.

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