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AMC 10 2017a Problem 18

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Amelia has a coin that lands heads with probability 13 \frac{1}{3}\,, and Blaine has a coin that lands on heads with probability 25\frac{2}{5}. Amelia and Blaine alternately toss their coins until someone gets a head; the first one to get a head wins. All coin tosses are independent. Amelia goes first. The probability that Amelia wins is pq\frac{p}{q}, where pp and qq are relatively prime positive integers. What is q−pq-p? (A) 1(B) 2(C) 3(D) 4(E) 5\textbf{(A)}\ 1 \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \textbf{(E)}\ 5

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