Question Hello, If i have a very large bucket of several thousand balls. All I know is that almost all the balls are black and a small percentage are red. If i take out a ball one at a time and note the color. What is the minimum number of balls i need to take out to have an almost certain accuracy of the ratio of black to red balls ?
Im looking for an answer will sound something like: you will need X number of red balls to be 90% sure of the ratio and Y number of red balls to be 99% sure etc.
Thanks !
Answer mike -
the sort of answer you want is not clear. in particular, the sentence you wrote:
"Im looking for an answer will sound something like: you will need X number of red balls to be 90% sure of the ratio and Y number of red balls to be 99% sure etc."
seem garbled.
if you rephrase the question a bit more carefully, i might get a better grasp of what you are looking for.
