document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=281715>Question 281715</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Between the years on 1901 and 2003. suppose that the nobel prize between 1901 and 2003 was chosen at random what is the probability the prize goes to japan? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "country    winners<BR>\n" );
document.write( "usa         219<BR>\n" );
document.write( "uk          76<BR>\n" );
document.write( "germany     63<BR>\n" );
document.write( "france      25<BR>\n" );
document.write( "soviet      12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "japan       8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "other countries   91 </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #204659 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=204659\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The total is 494.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Japan won 8 of them.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8/494 =~ 0.01619 or 1.16% of the prizes<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's not a probability, it's a certainty, it happened.\r<BR>\n" );
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