Riddle Black And White Marbles

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Riddle black and white marbles.

Since you know that the box is labeled incorrectly it must have all black marbles or all white marbles. If he picked the black marble he would be executed. Three closed boxes have either white marbles black marbles or both and they are labeled white black and both. One box has all black marbles one has all white marbles and one has a mixture of black and white.

Which box should you remove a marble from to. If a black marble comes out you know that has to be the black marbles box so you put the black label on it. Notice that all black and all white are the same in the sense that they are the same color. All three boxes are mislabled.

Place 1 white marble in the bowl and place the rest of the marbles in the other bowl 49 whites and 50 blacks. A probability brain teaser. The box labelled white must then be labelled both because you know it is also labeled incorrectly and therefore. Mislabeled boxes of marbles.

However the king was very mean and he wickedly placed 2 black marbles in the jars without any blue marbles. He then says divide these 100 marbles into these 2 bowls. If the prisoner picked the blue marble he would escape the prison with his life. One of the marbles was supposed to be black and one was supposed to be blue.

You will be blindfolded and the bowls and marbles will be thoroughly mixed. The emperor offers you a chance to live by playing a simple game. Three boxes contain black and white marbles. The emperor offers you a chance to live by playing a simple game.

This way you begin a 50 50 chance of choosing the bowl with just one white marble therefore life. You may reach into one of the boxes and pull out only one marble. He gives you 50 black marbles 50 white marbles and 2 empty bowls. But even if you choose the other bowl you still have almost a 50 50 chance at picking one of the 49 white marbles.

However you re told that each of the labels are wrong. You are a prisoner sentenced to death. He gives you 50 black marbles 50 white marbles and 2 empty bowls and instructs you to divide the 100 marbles into the two bowls.