Imagine we have a cup filled with some **unknown ratio** of white and black balls.
We select balls *one at a time with replacement* and **count how many white vs. black** to estimate this ratio.
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We are told to **shake the cup** in between each selection:
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Why do we **shake the cup** between each selection?