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DN_S27_Q014. Cut off with no minute, hour clocks

difficulty 1700·answer type: probability·Not solved

Problem

You start off with one amoeba. Every minute, this amoeba can either die, split into two amoebas, or stay the same, with equal probability. What is the probability that the amoeba line eventually dies off?

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