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A fair coin is flipped independently and repeatedly untilthree consecutiveheadsshow up. LetXbe the number of coin...

A fair coin is flipped independently and repeatedly untilthree consecutiveheadsshow up. LetXbe the number of coin flips. FindE[X].(Hint: Whenever a tail is observed, the experiment starts over.)

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