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Puzzle
- US Version
You have 10 jars filled with 50 pieces of candy each. You then pour the candy into small bags and attempt to get half a jar in each bag. Now you have 20 bags of candy.
What is the percentage likelihood that there are an average of 25 pieces of candy in a single sack?
- UK Version
You have 10 jars filled with 50 sweets each. You then pour the sweets into small bags and attempt to get half a jar in each bag. Now you have 20 bags of sweets.
What is the percentage likelihood that there are an average of 25 sweets in each bag?
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- US Version
You had 50 pieces of candy in 10 jars, giving you a total of 500 pieces of candy. You divided 500 pieces into 20 bags, so of course the mathematical "average" of this will be 25 pieces a bag.
- UK Version
You had 50 sweets in 10 jars, giving you a total of 500 sweets.
You divided 500 sweets into 20 bags, so of course the mathematical average of this will be 25 sweets a bag.
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