When playing Penney's game, the first player's choice was HTT. What is your best response?
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Penney's game is a coin-flipping game where players choose a sequence of three coin flips (H for heads, T for tails). The winner is the player whose chosen sequence appears first. In this case, the first player has chosen HTT. Show more…
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