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2021 AIME I Problem 1

Zou and Chou are practicing their 100-meter sprints by running 6 races against each other. Zou wins the first race, and after that, the probability that one of them wins a race is \frac23 if they won the previous race but only \frac13 if they lost the previous race. The probability that Zou will win exactly 5 of the 6 races is \frac mn, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers. Find m+n.

Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034


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