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No, you don't need 100 different jars. Let's say the jar started with S beans, and the person grabbed X_1, X_2, .. X_n beans in n trials. To prove the superpower, you have to tell him the correct value of X_i every time. Knowing S beforehand does not help you unless you can calculate S-X-i without knowing X_i.



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