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Expected Value, Linearity & Advanced Probability · Hard problem

Each cell of a 6×66\times 6 grid is independently colored black with probability 12\tfrac12. Find the expected number of 2×22\times 2 subsquares that are entirely black.

The answer is a fraction mn\tfrac{m}{n} in lowest terms; find m+nm + n.