Python CODE for this question: There are 2 red marbles and 98 blue marbles in a...

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There are 2 red marbles and 98 blue marbles in a jar. Draws are made at random with replacement. Find the smallest number of draws needed such that the probability is greater than 1/2 that a red marble is drawn at least once.

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Python code for the same :

To use log() function in python, there is a library named math, so I imported that.

I have just written simplified logic described above in python.

import math

n = math.log(0.5)/(math.log(49) - math.log(50))

print(n)

Output :

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venereology answered 1 year ago

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