HMMT 2011 U11
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern play a game in which they repeatedly flip a fair coin. Let , , and for all . On the th flip, if the coin is heads, Rosencrantz pays Guildenstern dollars, and, if the coin is tails, Guildenstern pays Rosencrantz dollars. If play continues for 2010 turns, what is the probability that Rosencrantz ends up with more money than he started with?
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\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2^{1341}}
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