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You have 50 red marbles, 50 blue marbles and 2 jars. One of the jars is chosen at random and then one marble will be chosen from that jar at random. How would you maximize the chance of drawing a red marble? What is the probability of doing so? All 100 marbles should be placed in the jars.
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Applications Consultant/Customer Support Representative

Interviewed at Lightning Bolt Solutions

3.1
May 3, 2013

You have 50 red marbles, 50 blue marbles and 2 jars. One of the jars is chosen at random and then one marble will be chosen from that jar at random. How would you maximize the chance of drawing a red marble? What is the probability of doing so? All 100 marbles should be placed in the jars.

Initially they asked these questions by email: 1) An angry dog is chasing a swimmer around a circular pond. The swimmer is in the center of the circular pond trying to get out of water before the dog bites. Assuming that the dog is not going to swim and the speed of the swimmer is 4 times slower than the speed of dog around the pond; can the swimmer get to the ground before dog gets to the point of release?
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Applications Consultant

Interviewed at Lightning Bolt Solutions

3.1
Feb 23, 2014

Initially they asked these questions by email: 1) An angry dog is chasing a swimmer around a circular pond. The swimmer is in the center of the circular pond trying to get out of water before the dog bites. Assuming that the dog is not going to swim and the speed of the swimmer is 4 times slower than the speed of dog around the pond; can the swimmer get to the ground before dog gets to the point of release?

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