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TopsOJ Summer 2025 - Guts Round - Problem 24
An ant is at 1 on the number line. Each minute, it flips 2 fair coins. If both show heads, it moves 1 unit right. Otherwise, it moves 1 unit left. Let X be the number of minutes it takes for the ant to reach 0. Compute the expected value of X^3.
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