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Consider an experiment of tossing a coin repeatedly until the outcomes of two consecutive tosses are same. If the probability of a random toss resulting in head is 14, then the probability that the experiment stops with head is  mn (GCD (m, n) = 1). Then the value of  n-7m  is equal to _______

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answer is 3.

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P(H)=14,P(T)=34 P=P(HH)+P(THH)+P(THTHH)+P(THTHTHH)+........+P(HTHH)+ P(HTHTHH)+P(HTHTHTHH)+...... =116+34.116+34.14.34.116+34.14.34.14.34.116+.......+ 14.34.116+14.34.14.34.116+14.34.14.34.14.34.116+......... =116+364+91024+2716384+.......+3256+342.3256+3244+3256+....... =116+364[1+316+9(16)2+.......]+3256[1+342+3244+.......] =116+3641316+32561316 =116+352+3208=116+15208=28208=14104=752 m = 7, n = 52

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