document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=912234>Question 912234</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two letters are selected at random from the word “MISSISSIPPI”. What<BR>\n" );
document.write( "is the probability that the selection is two “I” s?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "attempted answer: 4/11? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that the first letter selected is an \"I\" is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{4}{11}\">.  The probability that the second letter is an \"I\" given that the first letter was an \"I\" is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{3}{10}\"> (One less letter and one less \"I\").  The probability of both, being independent events, is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(\frac{4}{11}\right)\left(\frac{3}{10}\right)\ =\ \frac{12}{110}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi}\ +\ 1\ =\ 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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