# What is the probability we observe a TT before a HT? [closed]

One guy tosses a coin infinite times. The coin is fair, so chances of seeing a head (H) or a tail (T) are equal. What is the probability that he observes a TT before a HT?

• "One guy tosses a coin infinite times." Not in this universe… – Alexis Nov 22 '17 at 22:15
• This usually is solved with Markov Chains but in this case it's easy, note that if you ever roll an H then you will never observe TT before HT – Łukasz Grad Nov 22 '17 at 22:20
• The techniques in the very closely related thread at stats.stackexchange.com/questions/12174/… will make short work of this question: take a look! – whuber Nov 23 '17 at 0:55
• Work for some subject? – Glen_b Nov 23 '17 at 3:08
• – whuber Jul 6 '18 at 12:39

• The reasoning is incorrect and so is the answer. Take a look at some sequences. Notice (as pointed out in a comment to the question) that unless the first two tosses are TT, you're inevitably going to get an HT before a TT appears, so the correct answer must be $1/4.$ – whuber Jul 6 '18 at 12:39