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AIME 1995 Problem 15

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Let pp_{} be the probability that, in the process of repeatedly flipping a fair coin, one will encounter a run of 55 heads before one encounters a run of 22 tails. Given that pp_{} can be written in the form m/nm/n where mm_{} and nn_{} are relatively prime positive integers, find m+nm+n.

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