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2021 Spring LMT Division B Problem 16
Source:
1/22/2022
Bob plants two saplings. Each day, each sapling has a
1
/
3
1/3
1/3
chance of instantly turning into a tree. Given that the expected number of days it takes both trees to grow is
m
/
n
m/n
m
/
n
, where
m
m
m
and
n
n
n
are relatively prime positive integers, find
m
+
n
m +n
m
+
n
.Proposed by Powell Zhang
algebra