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200 Candies (Posted on 2023-12-12) Difficulty: 3 of 5
I have 200 candies in an hourglass dispenser. There are 40 each of red, white, blue, yellow and green. Each time I turn the hourglass over the candies get thoroughly mixed and 20 candies are poured into a cup. I like the blue candies best.

When I want candy, I turn over the dispenser and sort through the candies in the cup. I leave all of the blue ones in the cup and put the rest back. Then I turn over the hourglass a second time. The dispenser fills the cup so that I get exactly 20 candies, which I eat. I continue this way until the dispenser is empty.

How many blue candies will be in the final cupful?

Note:The dispenser dispense just the right amount so that to total will still be 20; so if 4 blues remain, it will dispense 16.

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 5.0000 (1 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
The final cupful has an expected number 0.4881 blue candies which is slightly less than 1/2 blue candy.

For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Larry here and here.

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  Subject Author Date
No SubjectK Sengupta2024-02-06 11:45:43
论文代写服务还提供及时的交付保证neiljiohu2024-02-05 23:46:55
re: simulation with new interpretationCharlie2023-12-13 15:26:03
Solutionsimulation with new interpretationCharlie2023-12-13 07:46:47
Some ThoughtsMy interpretation of the problem; no spoiler.Larry2023-12-12 20:17:04
re(2): simulationCharlie2023-12-12 19:27:00
Questionre: simulationLarry2023-12-12 18:15:05
SolutionsimulationCharlie2023-12-12 14:32:28
SolutionSimulationLarry2023-12-12 14:14:14
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