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September 4, 2009

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Can someone help me with this Maths Puzzle?


So here's the puzzle:

A man wanted to marry the daughter of a King. The King decided to test the man by giving him two empty, porcelain vases, 100 white pearls and 100 black pearls. "You must put all the pearls in the vases", said the King. "I will call my daughter and ask her to select one pearl from one of the vases at random. If the pearl is black, you may marry." How should the man arrange the pearls in the vases to have the best chance of marrying the King's daughter?

Thanks in advance!

I like Gary's answer but as it is a maths puzzle I suspect the answer is to put all the pearls except one black one in one vase and one black one in the other vase. Then he has a 50/50 chance of picking the black vase and if he chooses the other vase a 50/50 chance of getting a black pearl, which gives him a 3 to 1 chance of getting a black pearl

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11 Comments

  1. tiddled
    Posted August 29, 2010 at 5:33 pm | Permalink

    And then post them at this Asian Art forum. There seem to be be collectors there, and hopefully they can tell you more.

    What you really need to do is to get it valued by a real expert, in real life. People can't judge over the internet, they need to feel weight, touch the glaze etc. At a 600 dollar layout you need to have it properly appraised.

  2. Steven
    Posted September 23, 2010 at 1:52 am | Permalink

    “the only thing I really enjoyed was confession.” I'll bet the priest enjoyed it too. He is probably writing a novel based on your life. A real pot-boiler.

    By the way, I was in a museum in Europe somewhere and saw what I thought were porcelain vases, nicely decorated. it turned out they were for ladies to pee in while in church – a few hundred years ago the service would go on for hours and they could hide a “vase” under their voluminous skirts while sitting in the pew.

    meanwhile, if you're bored try counting how many angels can dance on your head.

  3. Inkrae
    Posted October 20, 2010 at 5:14 pm | Permalink

    So lovely. Bing & Grondahl Porcelain Vase Cherry Blossom Denmark

  4. hypnotoad72
    Posted October 26, 2010 at 6:16 pm | Permalink

    Very true.

  5. Eleanore
    Posted October 31, 2010 at 4:07 am | Permalink

    Try posting at asianart.com forum, they probably would be able to provide some good help.

    You can also give a go – click on Marks on the left and it will have an explanation of marks on Chinese pottery.

  6. rarityguide
    Posted November 7, 2010 at 12:15 pm | Permalink

    China Unique Familie Verte Porcelain Vase

  7. The being of intelligence
    Posted November 15, 2010 at 6:21 am | Permalink

    put 50 white in each vase then add the black to each to be on top

    or put 100 white in one vase then add all but one black to the vase with the white then put the one black left in the other vase

  8. Fred Flintsone
    Posted November 20, 2010 at 10:47 am | Permalink

    I like Gary's answer but as it is a maths puzzle I suspect the answer is to put all the pearls except one black one in one vase and one black one in the other vase. Then he has a 50/50 chance of picking the black vase and if he chooses the other vase a 50/50 chance of getting a black pearl, which gives him a 3 to 1 chance of getting a black pearl

  9. credenza1
    Posted November 21, 2010 at 10:34 pm | Permalink

    what a badass

  10. Gary
    Posted November 27, 2010 at 10:27 am | Permalink

    50 whites at bottom of each, all the black ones on top

  11. wildcat32
    Posted January 7, 2011 at 10:08 am | Permalink

    I like the Porcelain vase, ‘Starlight Fantasy’