Five people play a game of odd man out to determine who will pay for the pizza

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Five people play a game of “odd man out” to determine who will pay for the pizza they ordered. Each flips a coin. If only one person gets heads (or tails) while the other four get tails (or heads) then he is the odd man and has to pay. Otherwise they flip again. What is the expected number of tosses needed to determine who will pay?

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