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Markov Chains & Long-Run Behavior · Superchallenge problem

A walker moves on the 1616 vertices of a four-dimensional cube, the binary strings of length 44: each step it flips one of the four bits, chosen uniformly at random. Starting at 00000000, what is the expected number of steps until it first reaches 11111111? Express your answer as a common fraction.