AMC 12 2010a Problem 19
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Each of 2010 boxes in a line contains a single red marble, and for , the box in the position also contains white marbles. Isabella begins at the first box and successively draws a single marble at random from each box, in order. She stops when she first draws a red marble. Let be the probability that Isabella stops after drawing exactly marbles. What is the smallest value of for which ?
\textbf{(A)}\ 45 \textbf{(B)}\ 63 \textbf{(C)}\ 64 \textbf{(D)}\ 201 \textbf{(E)}\ 1005
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