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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 22 people? Express your answer as a common fraction.