Solve the gambler's ruin problem.The probability of ruin for A isxa =   if r ? 1, where a and b are the initial amounts of money that player A and B have (respectively),  and p is the probability that player A will win on a given play. If   and 

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A. 0.95
B. 0.05
C. 0.09
D. 0.91


Answer: A

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