Mr. Adams and Mr. Smith are betting on repeated flips of a coin. At the start of the game, Mr. Adams has a dollars and Mr. Smith has b dollars, at each flip the loser pays the winner one dollar, and the game continues unitl either player is "ruined." Making use of the fact that it is an equitable game each players' mathematical expectiaton in zero, find the probability that Mr. Adams will win Mr. Smith's b dollars before he loses his a dollars.

Mr. Adams and Mr. Smith are betting on repeated flips of a coin. At the start of the game, Mr. Adams has a dollars and Mr. Smith has b dollars, at each flip the loser pays the winner one dollar, and the game continues unitl either player is "ruined." Making use of the fact that it is an equitable game each players' mathematical expectiaton in zero, find the probability that Mr. Adams will win Mr. Smith's b dollars before he loses his a dollars.

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