document.write( "Question 1182242: Every cereal box has a gift inside, but you cannot tell from the outside what the gift is.
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document.write( "The probability is    to randomly get the decoder ring in the first box.\r\n" );
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document.write( "After that, the probability is    to randomly get the decoder ring in the second box.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The probability to get the decoder ring in the first AND the second box is the product\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  = 0.045587.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Round it as you need.\r\n" );
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