Quant Interview Puzzle: Expected Tosses for 3 Consecutive Heads, Misconceptions Clarified HHH vs HTH

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Diving deeper into a popular Quant Interview Puzzle, we address common misconceptions about the expected number of coin tosses needed to observe sequences 'HTH' and 'HHH'. (see the original video) Quant Interview Puzzle: Expected Tosses for 3 Consecutive Heads (Recurrence) https://youtu.be/qCId3CWxTto Why isn't the average just the reciprocal of the initial probability? And why aren't 'HTH' and 'HHH' the same in terms of expected tosses? Join us as we unravel the mysteries behind these sequences with intuitive explanations and mathematical insights. #QuantInterview #ProbabilityPuzzles #QuantitativeAnalysis #InterviewPreparation #MarkovChains #ExpectedValue #CoinToss #MathMysteries #StatisticalInsights #DataScienceInterview