A fair coin is flipped 7 times. What is the probability that at least 5 consecutive flips come up heads?
A fair coin is flipped 7 times. What is the probability that at least 5 consecutive flips come up heads?
All heads + 6 heads with 5 in a row + 5 heads in a row
All heads, just 1 way
6 heads
THHHHHH
HTHHHHH
HHHHHHT
HHHHHTH
4 ways
5 heads
TTHHHHH
HHHHHTT
THHHHHT
3 ways
Total number of possible tosses = 2^7
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