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A tightrope walker stands in the center of a rope of length 32 meters. Every minute she walks forward one meter with probability 3/43 / 4 and backward one meter with probability 1/41 / 4. What is the probability that she reaches the end in front of her before the end behind her?
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A tightrope walker stands in the center of a rope of length 32 meters. Every minute she walks forward one meter with probability 3/4 and backward one meter with probability 1/4. What is the probability that she reaches the end in front of her before the end behind her?
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A tightrope walker stands in the center of a rope of length 32 meters. Every minute she walks forward one meter with probability $3 / 4$ and backward one meter with probability $1 / 4$. What is the probability that she reaches the end in front of her before the end behind her?

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