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You're flipping a fair coin again and again. Every time you flip heads, you add 1 black ball to a (initially empty) bag. Every time you flip tails, you add 2 re
by ucaetano 11y ago
You're flipping a fair coin again and again. Every time you flip heads, you add 1 black ball to a (initially empty) bag. Every time you flip tails, you add 2 red balls to the same bag bag.
After a large number of flips, you pick a ball randomly from the bag.
What are the odds that the ball was added when a heads was flipped?
What are the odds that the ball is black?
- millstone 11y agoThe question specified one coin flip. In your thought experiment, after one flip, the answer to both your questions is 50%.