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THE law of probability is often illustrated by the simple method of supposing a bag filled with an equal number of white and black balls, which are presumably uniformly distributed within the bag. It is stated that the chances are equal that any extracted ball will be black or white.
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MUDGE, G. A Problem in Chance. Nature 75, 461 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/075461c0
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