posted 5 years ago
Missed this puzzle completely. Hope OP is still around...
Can you elaborate in what way the flowers are different, and why he wouldn't pluck the first K flowers one day, the next K flowers the following day, until all flowers are plucked?
If you want to see similar puzzles, Google for "probability puzzles", you will find a lot of sites. A classical one is of course the three doors problem. Always funny, and it once led to a gigantic discussion in the newspapers here in Holland.
There are three kinds of actuaries: those who can count, and those who can't.