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Biochemist from Siberia has just patented a new super genome formed by amalgamating genome X and genome Y. These genomes are harmless when separate, but when mixed there is a 45% chance of an unwanted side-reaction and a 10% chance of no reaction at all. Calculate the time until the absorbing state given that the chemicals are initially seperate.

The sketch is as follows: image

The time before reaching the absorbing state is also called the mean time to failure (MTTF). This is the “Laplace transform” of the rate of the disaster. I would like to understand this, not to be solved, so please give me only directions where to go.

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  • This looks like a question for a homework. If so, you should add the `self-study` tag to your post. – Patrick Coulombe Feb 18 '14 at 11:43
  • Hello, Patrick. Done it. I would like to see help from you, 'cause I really want this to learn. – truе Feb 18 '14 at 11:47
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    There are a number of problems like this that are solved in detail on our site. Among them are http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/81626, http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/87385, and http://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/48396. – whuber Feb 27 '14 at 15:33

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