Alina is playing a game. She starts with a polynomial

x4+a1x3y+a2x2y2+a3x3y+y4.x^4+a_1x^3y+a_2x^2y^2+a_3x^3y + y^4.

She flips a fair coin 33 times. On the nn-th flip, if she flips heads then an=1a_n = 1 and if she flips tails then an=0a_n = 0. For example, if she flips Head-Head-Tail then a1=1,a2=1,a3=0a_1 = 1, a_2 = 1, a_3 = 0. Alina wins if after 33 flips, her polynomial is divisible by x+yx+y. What is the probability that Alina wins?

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