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Simulate an urn where two balls of the colour drawn are added after each draw; see https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4636935.
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package info.joriki.math.stackexchange; | |
public class Question4636935 { | |
final static int ntrials = 10000; | |
public static void main(String [] args) { | |
int count = 0; | |
int total = 0; | |
for (int n = 0;n < ntrials;n++) { | |
int nblack = 1; | |
int nred = 1; | |
boolean firstBlack = false; | |
for (int i = 0;i < 3;i++) { | |
boolean black = Math.random() < nblack / (double) (nblack + nred); | |
if (i == 0 && black) | |
firstBlack = true; | |
if (black) | |
nblack += 2; | |
else | |
nred += 2; | |
} | |
if (nblack <= 5) { | |
total++; | |
if (firstBlack) | |
count++; | |
} | |
} | |
System.out.println(count / (double) total); | |
} | |
} |
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