Two players take turns removing a ball from a jar that

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Two players take turns removing a ball from a jar that initially contains m white and n black balls. The first player to remove a white ball wins. Develop a recursive formula that allows the convenient computation of the probability that the starting player wins.

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Two players take turns removing a ball from a jar that initially contains m white and n black balls. The first player to remove a white ball wins. Develop a recursive formula that allows the convenient computation of the probability that the starting player wins.

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Two players take turns removing a ball from a jar that initially contains m white and n black balls. The first player to remove a white ball wins.

It is required to develop a recursive formula that allows the convenient computation of the probability that the starting player wins.

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