A biased coin (with probability of obtaining a Head equal to p > 0) is tossed repeatedly and independently until the first head is observed. Compute the probability that the first head appears at an even numbered toss.

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A. A biased coin (with probability of obtaining a Head equal to p > 0) is tossed repeatedly and independently until the first head is observed. Compute the probability that the first head appears at an even numbered toss.
B. Two players A and B are competing at a trivia quiz game involving a series of questions. On any individual question, the probabilities that A and B give the correct answer are α and β respectively, for all questions, with outcomes for different questions being independent. The game finishes when a player wins by answering a question correctly
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