AIME 2019a Problem 5
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A moving particle starts at the point and moves until it hits one of the coordinate axes for the first time. When the particle is at the point , it moves at random to one of the points , , or , each with probability , independently of its previous moves. The probability that it will hit the coordinate axes at is , where and are positive integers such that is not divisible by . Find .
Dataset text AIME 1983 to 2026. Quoted with source.
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