ILL 1986 Problem 28
A particle moves from to directed by a fair coin. For each head it moves one step east and for each tail it moves one step north. At , it stays there if a head comes up and at , it stays there if a tail comes up. Le t be a fixed positive integer. Find the probability that the particle needs exactly tosses to reach
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