document.write( "Question 374935: A controversy arose in 1992 over the Teen Talk
\n" ); document.write( "Barbie doll, each of which was programmed with four sayings
\n" ); document.write( "randomly picked from a set of 270 sayings. The controversy
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\n" ); document.write( "some felt gave a negative message toward girls doing well
\n" ); document.write( "in math. In an interview with Science, a spokeswoman for
\n" ); document.write( "Mattel, the makers of Barbie, said that “There’s a less than
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Assuming the 4 sayings are different (without replacement), the chances are
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\n" ); document.write( "If it's possible to get the same saying more than once, it's
\n" ); document.write( "4/270 =~ 0.148 = 1.48%
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\n" ); document.write( "Either way, it's more than 1%
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