document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1111445>Question 1111445</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A computer program consists of two blocks written independently by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "two different programmers. The first block has an error with probability<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0.2. The second block has an error with probability 0.3. If the program<BR>\n" );
document.write( "returns an error, what is the probability that there is an error in both<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have many notices regarding this formulation, &nbsp;but the major question is &nbsp;THIS:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    In order for the problem would be correctly posed as the \"Probability\" problem,\r\n" );
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document.write( "    it must say with which probability the code returns ERROR.\r\n" );
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document.write( "In the current formulation, &nbsp;I could read it that this probability  is  1, &nbsp;i.e. the code returns ERROR at each run.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    In Probability problems, we do not consider the results of individual experiments - we consider statistics only . . . \r\n" );
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document.write( "But if it returns ERROR at each run, &nbsp;then the problem with this code lies in other/different area.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thinking about it, &nbsp;I have another question:  &nbsp;&nbsp;Is it a joke problem ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And I suspect it is . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Excuse me if I am wrong: &nbsp;&nbsp;I am not an expert in Probability problems, &nbsp;having only elementary knowledge in it . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Also, &nbsp;I think that the &nbsp;<U>CORRECTLY posed problem</U> &nbsp;&nbsp;<U>must ask totally different question</U>, &nbsp;namely:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    At what probability the code will return the ERROR message ?\r\n" );
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