document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1022519>Question 1022519</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> is it possible that P(A)=17/3 ? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "is it possible that P(A)=17/3 ?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If P(A)=17/3 is meant to say that the probability of event A happening is 17/3, then the answer is it is not possible.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "By Kolmogorov's axioms of probability, probability of ANY event must lie between zero and one, inclusively. </SPAN>\n" );
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