Combinatorics Harvard-MIT Intermediate
2017


Problem - 4506

Emily starts with an empty bucket. Every second, she either adds a stone to the bucket or removes a stone from the bucket, each with probability $\frac{1}{2}$ . If she wants to remove a stone from the bucket and the bucket is currently empty, she merely does nothing for that second (still with probability $\frac{1}{2}$). What is the probability that after $2017$ seconds her bucket contains exactly $1337$ stones? 


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