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2019 AIME II Problem 2
Lily pads 1,2,3,\ldots lie in a row on a pond. A frog makes a sequence of jumps starting on pad 1. From any pad k the frog jumps to either pad k+1 or pad k+2 chosen randomly with probability \tfrac{1}{2} and independently of other jumps. The probability that the frog visits pad 7 is \tfrac{p}{q}, where p and q are relatively prime positive integers. Find p+q.
Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034
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