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document.write( "I cannot understand why T A T A T A has 6 members.  Is there always\r\n" );
document.write( "6 members taken from the 4 members {A,G,T,C}?  Why 4 letters to choose\r\n" );
document.write( "from and 6 to choose?\r\n" );
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document.write( "If so, we want this   \r\n" );
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document.write( "And since \"AND\" tells us to multiply probabilities:\r\n" );
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document.write( "I am not sure what you mean by the second part?  Are there always 6 letters,\r\n" );
document.write( "as in T A T A T A?  Or are there sometimes only four, like T A T A, and\r\n" );
document.write( "sometimes 7 or 8 like T A T A T A T, or T A T A T A T A, and sometimes even\r\n" );
document.write( "only 2 like T A??  \r\n" );
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document.write( "If you will explain whether there are always 6 letters, as in  in T A T A T A\r\n" );
document.write( "or if there can be other numbers of them besides 6 in the thank-you note, I'll\r\n" );
document.write( "get back to= you and help you with the 2nd part. (free of charge, of course.)\r\n" );
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