document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1055802>Question 1055802</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> About 20% of the southern Hemisphere is land. South Africa takes up about 5% of the land in the southern Hemisphere. A piece of space junk is falling to Earth such that it would hit anywhere randomly\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Calculate the probability that it would hit:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) the southern Hemisphere <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) land in the Southern Hemisphere <BR>\n" );
document.write( "C) sea in the Southern Hemisphere<BR>\n" );
document.write( "D) South Africa </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #670964 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=670964\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It has a 50% chance of hitting in the Southern Hemisphere.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It has a 0.5*0.2=0.1 probability of hitting land in the Southern Hemisphere.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It has a 0.4 probability of hitting sea in the Southern Hemisphere.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It has a 0.1*0.05=0.005 probability of hitting South Africa.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiplication here, because of randomness or independence of the event after the first and second condition are met. </SPAN>\n" );
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