You are a prisoner sentenced to death. The Emperor offers you a chance to live by playing a simple game. He gives you 50 black marbles, 50 white marbles and 2 empty bowls. He then says, "Divide these 100 marbles into these 2 bowls. You can divide them any way you like as long as you use all the marbles. Then I will blindfold you and mix the bowls around. You then can choose one bowl and remove ONE marble. If the marble is WHITE you will live, but if the marble is BLACK... you will die."
How do you divide the marbles up so that you have the greatest probability of choosing a WHITE marble?
2007-02-07 01:43:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Place 1 white marble in one bowl, and place the rest of the marbles in the other bowl (49 whites, and 50 blacks).
This way you begin with a 50/50 chance of choosing the bowl with just one white marble, therefore life! BUT even if you choose the other bowl, you still have ALMOST a 50/50 chance at picking one of the 49 white marbles.
2007-02-07 02:09:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put 25 of each colour into each bowl.
You cant have a greater possibility of winning it a 50-50 chance
2007-02-07 01:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by Richbitch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put black marble in the bottom of each bowel and put the white ones on the top !
2007-02-07 02:36:49 · answer #3 · answered by shdtt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't matter how you divide them up,
As there is an equal number of each colour,
your chances of picking the white remains 50/50 !!!!
2007-02-07 02:11:40 · answer #4 · answered by lhg 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Place 25 of each color in each bowl.
2007-02-07 01:49:53 · answer #5 · answered by Curious1usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
half side white/ half black
2007-02-07 01:56:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋