document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=971917>Question 971917</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what are the odds of starting a college semester with a 3.948 GPA and Ending the semester with a 3.948 GPA </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #594329 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=594329\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Highly unlikely but insufficient information.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The grades given have to have a mean of 3.948 or very close to it.  With a few courses, there is a high likelihood the mean for the semester will be 4, 3.75, or other similar numbers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "79/19 rounds to 3.948.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "These are prime, and nothing else nearby works.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Doubling them does the same, but that would double the credits in one semester.  Trying some point in between does not work.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is far more likely that if somebody sits out the semester that this will happen, so that changes the question as to the probability that somebody will do that.<BR>\n" );
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