Citadel Securities

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Quantitative Researcher Interview
Citadel Securities

If you toss a fair coin N times, what is the probability that you will get an even number of heads? Follow-up: Now, what if you have N - 1 fair coins, and the Nth coin is biased and lands on heads with probability p?

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