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(#M40010002) INFOSYS question Life or Death? The Emperor's Proposition Keep an EYE

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?

Asked In Infosys akshara (11 years ago)

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chaitanya  (11 years ago)

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.

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aanchal sharma  (11 years ago)

place one white marble in first bowl and remaining marble in second bowl,after mixing the bowl the probability of white in first bowl=1/1 i.e. 100% whereas in second bowl it is 49/99=50%

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