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2015 AIME II Problem 12

There are 2^{10} = 1024 possible 10-letter strings in which each letter is either an A or a B. Find the number of such strings that do not have more than 3 adjacent letters that are identical.

Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034


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