A rook is placed in the corner of a standard (8 x 8) chessboard. Every minute, it makes a legal move, where each move has the same probability of being chosen. What is the expected number of minutes for the rook to reach the opposite corner? This puzzle was proposed at the HMMT November 2015 competition […]
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