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HMMT November 2018 H8

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Crisp All, a basketball player, is dropping dimes and nickels on a number line. Crisp drops a dime on every positive multiple of 10 , and a nickel on every multiple of 5 that is not a multiple of 10 . Crisp then starts at 0 . Every second, he has a 23\frac{2}{3} chance of jumping from his current location xx to x+3x+3, and a 13\frac{1}{3} chance of jumping from his current location xx to x+7x+7. When Crisp jumps on either a dime or a nickel, he stops jumping. What is the probability that Crisp stops on a dime?

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\frac{20}{31}

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