There are 20 blue balls and 13 red balls in a container. You randomly pick 2 balls. If the colors are the same, you replace them with a blue ball. If the colors are different, you replace them with a red ball. If you continue this process, what will be the color of the last ball?

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The last ball will be red.

If the first two balls are of different colors, they will be replaced with a red ball.
If the first two balls are of the same color, they will be replaced with a blue ball.
The number of balls in the container does not affect the outcome.
The last ball will be red because there are more red balls than blue balls in the container.

There are 20 blue balls and 13 red balls in a container. You randomly pick 2 balls. If the colors are the same, you replace them with a blue ball. If the colors are different, you replace them with a red ball. If you continue this process, what will be the color of the last ball?

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