An Ancient Sampling Technique: Flawed, Surprisingly Good, or Optimal?

About 1,800 years ago, there was a discussion regarding establishing the legal volume of an egg, given that different eggs have different volumes. Both participants in the discussion assumed the ideal measurement was to take the average of the largest and smallest eggs.

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