Heads given the ends differ
A fair coin is flipped times. Given that the first and last flips came out opposite (one heads, one tails), what is the expected number of heads among all flips?
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- Opposite ends contribute exactly head, guaranteed.
- The middle three flips are unaffected by the condition: expected heads. Add.
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