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9 labels and 9 jars (Posted on 2002-12-09) Difficulty: 4 of 5
There are 9 jars each with unique labels.

Someone has come and removed all the labels and mixed them up.

If you put the labels back on the jars (without knowing the contents), what is the expected number of labels which would match the contents?

See The Solution Submitted by Kozo Morimoto    
Rating: 3.5833 (12 votes)

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SOLUTION IS WRONG | Comment 5 of 15 |
it says at least one will be on the correct jar but it isnt always true. put them in a circle and rotate the labels to the jar next to it then all are wrong

  Posted by James on 2002-12-15 14:45:27
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