An unbiased coin is tossed $5$ times. Suppose that a variable $X$ is assigned the value $k$ when $k$ consecutive heads are obtained for $k=3, 4, 5$; otherwise,$X$ takes the value $-1$. Then the expected value of $X$ is:

  • A
    $\frac{3}{16}$
  • B
    $-\frac{3}{16}$
  • C
    $\frac{1}{8}$
  • D
    $-\frac{1}{8}$

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