In a message dated 4/22/2006 12:39:41 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
pythias@pacifier.com writes:
You are given 50 black tokens and 50 white tokens, which you are free to
place in two identical
containers in any way you wish, with each container containing as many
tokens of each color as you
decide. After you distribute the tokens, you will be blindfolded, then asked
to choose one of the two
containers and draw a single token from the chosen container.
Are you allowed to pick up the containers? Put all but one white in one
container and pick from the lightest container. 100% probability of success.
Robert B. Houston
Texan in NM
73 Midget and others
John Bernard Books (The Shootist):
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I
don't do these things to other people and I expect the same from them."
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