Question 19
Jerry starts at $0$ on the real number line. He tosses a fair coin $8$ times. When he gets heads, he moves $1$ unit in the positive direction; when he gets tails, he moves $1$ unit in the negative direction. The probability that he reaches $4$ at some time during this process is $\dfrac{a}{b},$ where $a$ and $b$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $a+b?$ (For example, he succeeds if his sequence of tosses is HTHHHHHH.)