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Fred the ant is on the real number line, and Fred is trying to get to the point 0.

If Fred is at 1, then on the next step, Fred moves to either 0 or 2 with equal probability. If Fred is at  then on the next step, Fred always moves to 

Let \(e_1\) be expected number of steps Fred takes to get to 0, given that Fred starts at the point 1. Similarly, let \(e_2\) be expected number of steps Fred takes to get to 0 given that Fred starts at the point 2.

Determine the ordered pair (\(e_1,e_2\)).

 Mar 24, 2020
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(e_1,e_2) works out to (5,6).

 Jun 19, 2020

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