A biased coin is flipped 8 times. In a single flip of the coin, the probability of heads is 1/3 and the probability of tails is 2/3. The outcomes of the coin flips are mutually independent. What is the probability the first two flips come up heads and the rest of the flips come up tails

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A biased coin is flipped 8 times. In a single flip of the coin, the probability of heads is 1/3 and the probability of tails is 2/3. The outcomes of the coin flips are mutually independent. What is the probability the first two flips come up heads and the rest of the flips come up tails?

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