Starting at value 0, the fortune of an investor increases per week by200 with probability 3/8, remains constant with probability 3/8 and decreases by200 with probability 2/8. The weekly increments of the investor's fortune are assumed to be independent. The investor stops the 'game' as soon as he has made a total fortune of2000 or a loss of1000, whichever occurs first.
By using suitable martingales and applying the optional stopping theorem, determine
(1) the probability p that the investor finishes the 'game' with a profit of2000, 2000
(2) the probability p that the investor finishes the 'game' with a loss of1000, −1000
(3) the mean duration of the 'game'.
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