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Interesting probability theory problem
By gnull, 14 years ago, translation, In English

What is probability to guess the answer of this problem?

A. 25%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 25%

I found another variants of this problem:link , translated

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Also, consider that the number of natural numbers that you can describe using an English sentence of at most one thousand words is finite, and so we can let k be the minimum natural number that one cannot describe that way. Oops.

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The probability is 0%, as none of the options is correct. :)

(It is possible to state this in a way that produces a paradox, but the way you stated it leaves this loophole ;) )

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