document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=847659>Question 847659</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I have no idea where to even start on this question, I feel that it is illogical, but perhaps it is?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Benny Hill, once said that \"There is a 1 in a million change of there being a bomb on a plane. There was a 1 in a trillion chance of there being 2 bombs on a plane. So cut the odds, and take a bomb.\" Is this a valid line of logic. I am trying to see how the multiplication rule of probabilities could work here. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #510667 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><B>Fombitz(32388)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Fombitz><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=Fombitz><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=510667\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Each occurence of the bomb is independent.<BR>\n" );
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