document.write( "Question 1139206: A box contains six red jelly beans and two green ones.
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document.write( "(a)   The two events are independent.\r\n" );
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document.write( "      It is clear without any science and without any calculations - since after first withdrawing the jelly returns back,\r\n" );
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document.write( "      restoring the situation to its initial stage.\r\n" );
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document.write( "      The second selection experimental step is the same as the first, and has the same basic conditions \r\n" );
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document.write( "      as the first selection experimental step, and they are totally independent. \r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  The probability to get red jelly at the first step is   =  = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( "      the same as to get red jelly at the second step.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The probability to get red at the first step and then  to get red at the second step again is the product\r\n" );
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document.write( "          =  .\r\n" );
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