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Four balls (Posted on 2017-05-19) Difficulty: 2 of 5
There are four balls in a hat: a blue one, a white one, and two red ones. Now I draw simultaneously two balls, look at them, and announce that at least one of them is red.

What is the chance that the other is red as well?

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Solution re(2): Who's right | Comment 12 of 22 |
(In reply to re: Who's right by hoodat)

Maybe another way of saying it will help. 

If 6 people did this, 4 would have one red and one nonred, 1 would have two nonred and 1 two red. Of those that have one of each, 2 would say they have at least one red and 2 would say at least one specific other color. The 1 with two reds of course will day at least one red. 

So out of the 3 saying at least one red, only 1 has both red.

  Posted by Charlie on 2017-05-21 16:37:54
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