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== Solution ==
== Solution ==
<math>\fbox{}</math>
<math>\fbox{B}</math>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Problem

Initially an urn contains 100 white and 100 black marbles. Repeatedly 3 marbles are removed (at random) from the urn and replaced with some marbles from a pile outside the urn as follows: 3 blacks are replaced with 1 black, or 2 blacks and 1 white are replaced with a white and a black, or 1 black and 2 whites are replaced with 2 whites, or 3 whites are replaced with a black and a white. Which of the following could be the contents of the urn after repeated applications of this procedure?

(A) 2 black (B) 2 white (C) 1 black (D) 1 black and 1 white (E) 1 white

Solution

$\fbox{B}$

See also

1991 AHSME (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
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Problem 28
Followed by
Problem 29
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