POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Problem of the day : Re: Problem of the day Server Time
6 Sep 2024 13:18:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Problem of the day  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 17 Dec 2008 10:48:18
Message: <49491f42$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
> If you have a box with N balls numbered 1 to N, and you repeatedly pull 
> one out at random (replacing it each time), on average how many times 
> would you expect to pull out a ball until you have seen all the balls 1 
> to N?

I'm sure the answer is in the back of a textbook somewhere ... :)



-- 
~Mike


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