Counting & ProbabilitySuperchallengeIdentities and Techniques, Proved
Identities and Techniques, Proved · Superchallenge problem
Twelve people sit around a round table and each flips a fair coin. A head block is a maximal group of people sitting consecutively around the table who all flipped heads (if all twelve flip heads, that counts as a single block). What is the expected number of head blocks containing at least people? Express your answer as a common fraction.