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Question: 2014 Winter Final - 14

Author: Michiel Smid
We flip a fair coin repeatedly and independently, resulting in a sequence of heads ($H$) and tails ($T$). We stop flipping the coin as soon as this sequence contains $H$ or $TTTT$. What is the probability that this sequence contains at most two $T$s?
(a)
6/8
(b)
7/8
(c)
4/8
(d)
5/8