[extropy-chat] red and white zorfs again
Mike Lorrey
mlorrey at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 12 21:17:01 UTC 2005
--- spike <spike66 at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> You have N red zorfs, N white zorfs and two large
> identical urns. You put all the zorfs into the
> urns, in any combination you like, then leave the
> room. You ask a random person to enter the room,
> choose one of the urns and bring it to you. She
> shrieks and flees. You then ask your spouse (with whom
> you are on more familiar terms) to bring you an urn.
> You pull out one zorf without looking.
>
> Your goal is to pull a red zorf, these being your faves.
>
> Question: how do you arrange the red and white zorfs
> in the urns such that you maximize the probability
> that you will get your red zorf? Can you prove it? How?
You put all the white zorfs on the bottom of both urns...
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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
-William Pitt (1759-1806)
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