Red ball... Red ball (Posted on 2002-10-17)

	Submitted by levik
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This turns out to be a more difficult (and somewhat deceptive) problem than I first thought. The answer is that 75% of the balls are red. This is because the only viable solution seems to be when there are a total of 4 balls, and 3 of them are red. (You cannot get the same results with 8 balls 6 of which are red, etc) TomM has submitted a fairly rigorous proof to this in the problem's comments.

	Subject	Author	Date
	Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-12-22 19:47:11
	Puzzle Answer	K Sengupta	2022-09-03 22:15:56
	re: Another solution (re: a mathematecally more rigorous solution)	Ady TZIDON	2015-08-22 03:34:06
	Not everything appears as it seems	Dej Mar	2011-09-13 03:24:48
	I do not agree with the official solution	ajosin	2005-03-04 19:53:25
	Comment on official solution	Nick Hobson	2004-09-18 18:20:52
	re: solution - and my own one	sassy	2004-05-13 19:36:19
	easy	Billy Bob	2004-03-28 10:22:38
	Red ball... Red ball	Paula Bilton	2003-08-14 08:16:42
	(easy) Solution	Chaz	2003-05-03 14:41:37
	Another solution (re: a mathematecally more rigorous solution)	Charlie	2003-02-17 14:36:06
	solution	Keedom	2002-11-18 23:43:54
	Answer	Dulanjana	2002-10-18 17:11:03
	is this right?	hai	2002-10-18 17:02:51
	a mathematecally more rigorous solution	TomM	2002-10-18 02:46:53
	typo	TomM	2002-10-18 00:07:54
	Exactly!	TomM	2002-10-18 00:01:45