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When three friends go for coffee, they decide who will pay the check by each flipping a co...

When three friends go for coffee, they decide who will pay the check by each flipping a coin and then letting the “odd person” pay. If all three flips produce the same result (so that there is no odd person), then they make a second round of flips, and they continue to do so until there is an odd person. What is the probability that

(a) exactly 3 rounds of flips are made?


(b) more than 4 rounds are needed?

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