SOLUTION: What is the expected number of tosses of a fair coin headed to get either 3 heads in a row or 3 tails in a row

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Question 1033614: What is the expected number of tosses of a fair coin headed to get either 3 heads in a row or 3 tails in a row
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 2%5E3 or 8 possible outcomes of tossing three coins.
One of them is all heads, one of them is all tails.
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