06-11-2003, 01:54 AM
The answer is simple, well atleast to me it seems so.
Since you have two jars. You pick one at random and you pick a ball at random (blindfolded?). Therefore, 25 white balls and 25 black ones in each jar.
If you pick either jar, you will have equal chance of picking a white ball as a black ball. Thus you have a 50% chance of winning all the time. If you chance the distribution around then the chance's of winning increase, for a certain jar but decrease for the other. Thus the best way is to keep it even.
Since you have two jars. You pick one at random and you pick a ball at random (blindfolded?). Therefore, 25 white balls and 25 black ones in each jar.
If you pick either jar, you will have equal chance of picking a white ball as a black ball. Thus you have a 50% chance of winning all the time. If you chance the distribution around then the chance's of winning increase, for a certain jar but decrease for the other. Thus the best way is to keep it even.
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