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A Fair Coin Is flIpped Until a Tail fiRst Appears

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A fair coin is flipped until a tail first appears, at which time no more flips are made.
(a) What is the probability that exactly five flips are made?
(b) What is the expected number of flips?

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The number of flips follows a geometric d...

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