My bad. I mismatched the OA. It is C

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We have 8H and 6T
Also, the pattern is - _ H _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ H _

In order to find the minimum number of Heads in the first 10 tosses, we have to maximize the Tails (max. 6) in the first 10 tosses
i.e. {T H T T T T T H H H} H H H H

Col. A: 4
Col B: 4

Col. A = Col. B
Hence, option C

There are total 8 H's and 6 T's
Restriction is 2nd and 13th spots are H.
Sequence will look sth like:

__ H __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ H __
To minimise H's in the first 10 spots, maximise the T's.
Filling 6 out of first 10 spots with T's. Now we are out of T's, fill remaining 3 spots (one is already fixed as H) with H.

Total minimum 4 heads.
Ans C

Given that A coin is tossed 14 times. Heads occurs 8 times and tails 6 times. The second and thirteenth tosses are heads.

Quantity A: Minimum number of heads in the first 10 tosses

As we need to find the minimum number of heads in the first toss and we already know that the second toss is 2, so we will try to get as many number of tails as possible in the first 10 toss.

We know that there are 6 Tails.
So, all 6 will occur in first 10 toss and we already know that 2nd toss was head
=> Remaining number of heads = 10 - 6(for 6 tails) - 1(for 2nd toss which resulted in heads) = 3

=> Minimum number of heads in first 10 = 3 + 1 = 4

Clearly, Quantity A = Quantity B = 4

So, Answer will be C
Hope it helps!

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