The vertices of a tetrahedron are labeled and . A bug starts out on and moves randomly along an edge to another vertex every 10 seconds. After 20 seconds, what is the probability that the bug will end up at ?
If the probability can be written as , where and are coprime positive integers, find .
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The first move, he has 1 / 3 chance of getting to each of B, C, and D. From 2 of these he can get to B with a 1 / 3 probability. Therefore, the probability of each is 1 / 3 ∗ 2 / 3 = 2 / 9 .