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Question 7.35: Compute E[T], the expected time until the pattern h, h, h, t......

Compute E[T], the expected time until the pattern h, h, h, t , h, h, h appears, when a coin that comes up heads with probability p and tails with probability q = 1− p is continually flipped.

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