problem regarding unbiased coin toss

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A fair coin is tossed six times. What is the probability that neither heads nor tails occur three times in succession?

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There are 64 possibilities in total.

3 consecutive heads: $2\cdot4+2\cdot2=12$

4 consecutive heads: $2\cdot2+1\cdot1=5$

5 consecutive heads: $2$

6 consecutive heads: $1$

The same can be done to tails, but be aware HHHTTT and TTTHHH are in both cases.

Therefore the probability is $\frac{64-38}{64}=\frac{13}{32}$