A coin having probability p of landing heads is flipped k times Additional flips of the coin

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A coin having probability p of landing heads is flipped k times Additional flips of the coin are then made until the pattern of the first k is repeated (possibly by using some of the first k flips). Show that the expected number of additional flips after the initial k is 2*.

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Stochastic Processes

ISBN: 9780471120629

2nd Edition

Authors: Sheldon M. Ross

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