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The letters of the word Mississippi are placed in a hat. What is the probability that the first two letters drawn are both \"i\" if the first letter drawn is not replaced?
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document.write( "There are 11 letters in the hat to begin with, 4 of which are i's.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ths of the time the first letter drawn will be an \"i\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "Of those ths of the time when the first letter is an \"i\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "ths of those times, the second letter will also be an \"i\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "because ther will be only 10 letters of which only 3 are i's.  So\r\n" );
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document.write( "ths of ths is ths of the time the first two will be \"i\"'s.\r\n" );
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