Reflecting Plug Walk
A walker moves on . From any position it steps up with probability and down with probability 0.55. Position 0 reflects: from 0 the next step goes to 1 with probability 1. Every step, including a step out of 0, takes one unit of time.
The walker starts at position 4. What is the expected number of steps until it first reaches 20?
Answer format: enter an integer.
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