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You are on the coordinate grid at the point (1 + 2 , 1) and you do a 2-dimensional completely random walk.
Remember that each step size is ‘infinitesimal‘ and you can go in any direction, not just the 4 cardinal directions.
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Eventually you will cross the x-axis. What is the probability (to the 5th decimal) that you cross the negative x-axis
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versus the positive x-axis first? Note: You may also consider a walk with fixed step size and regard the probability as
step size approaches 0; If you prefer this way of thinking about the problem!
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