Balls in Box
Given a textbook probability puzzle, an applied mathematician just does the experiment and reports the result.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-04-06-balls-in-box/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "The box contains four blue balls and two red ones. Suppose you remove three balls. What's the probability that a red ball remains?"
[B reaches into the box]
B (holding two blue balls and a red one): "The probability is 100%!" A: "Ugh. Applied mathematicians."