Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!mcnc!akgua!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan From: mcewan@uiucdcs.UUCP (mcewan ) Newsgroups: net.puzzle Subject: Re: Balls in Bowl (no correct answers ye - (nf) Message-ID: <5842@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 03:27:12 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5842 Posted: Fri Feb 24 03:27:12 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 26-Feb-84 00:40:49 EST Lines: 15 #R:pucc-i:-21000:uiucdcs:40700009:000:396 uiucdcs!mcewan Feb 23 23:15:00 1984 It seems quite obvious to me that at each point 99 balls are being added to the bowl -> infinite number of balls at noon. You could also think of this as the sum 100 - 1 + 100 - 1 + 100 - 1 + ... which gives the same result. I would be very interested in seeing why this is incorrect (or is there some other obvious answer that never occured to me?). Scott McEwan pur-ee!uiucdcs!mcewan