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  • Sep 15, 2012, 12:07 PM
    turk76
    Riddle solver
    There are three boxes, a box containing two gold coins, a box with two silver coins and a box with one of each. After pulling out one gold coin from one of the boxes, that is % chance that the next coin from that same box will be gold
  • Sep 15, 2012, 12:26 PM
    odinn7
    Sounds more like a homework question than a riddle.
  • Sep 15, 2012, 03:00 PM
    teacherjenn4
    What did you get for the answer?
  • Sep 15, 2012, 03:03 PM
    turk76
    I don't have one yet!
  • Sep 15, 2012, 03:04 PM
    teacherjenn4
    You have to try or we can't help you. This is homework help, not get your homework done for you.
  • Sep 15, 2012, 03:09 PM
    turk76
    It's been 30 years since I sat behind the desk, this is a question from a uni graduate so help us out
  • Sep 15, 2012, 05:18 PM
    teacherjenn4
    After you pull out the one gold coin from one of your three boxes, what do you have left?
  • Sep 16, 2012, 04:01 AM
    Unknown008
    Think of it this way:

    |GG| |SS| |GS|

    3 boxes, G represents a gold coin and S represents a silver coin.

    Your first pick in that box was gold. So, it can only be the first or the second box.

    IF you have picked the first box, it would be another gold.
    IF you have picked the second box, it would be a silver.

    What is the probability that you picked the first box (that is, you will get another gold)?

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