document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=894556>Question 894556</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me solve this. It seems to be unsolvable. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Which of the following has a probability closest to 0.5? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. The sun will rise tomorrow<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. It will rain tomorrow<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. You will see a dog with only three legs when you leave the room<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. A fair dice will come up with a score of 6 four times in a row<BR>\n" );
document.write( "E. There will be a plane crash somewhere in the world within the next five minutes <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I think it might be B, but I'm not sure. All of the answer choices, except for D seem subjective and circumstantial. It seems like a silly question but it's on almost all AP Statistics Summer assignments around the country, so there must be an answer. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #542139 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39633)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=542139\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can reason your way through each choice, but this might not be using the formal understanding which you are studying.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A.  Certainly too far from 0.5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.  Need further information if this to be answerable.  Makes no sense here.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "C.  Very unlikely for most people so far below 0.5.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D,   You can compute this!  What is the probability?  Is it near 0.5 or not?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "E.  This depends on finding known data about such events, so you need to find published statistics on this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe the question itself is not good.  I feel like you do.  Do you know how to evaluate choice D ? </SPAN>\n" );
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