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Expected Flips for Two Consecutive Heads

Expectation · Medium · Free problem
You flip a fair coin repeatedly until you see two heads in a row. What is the expected number of flips? As a follow-up, think about why the sequence $HH$ takes longer on average than $HT$.

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