document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1201433>Question 1201433</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mr. C. Nile and Mr. D. Mented agreed to meet at 8 P.M. in one of the Spanish restaurants in Ybor City. They were both punctual, and they both remembered the date agreed on. Unfortunately, they forgot to specify the name of the restaurant. If there are 3 Spanish restaurants in Ybor City, and the 2 men each go to 1 of these, find the probability that the following occurs. (Enter your probabilities as fractions.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) They meet each other.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) They miss each other.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If the probabilities are the same for them to get any of the &nbsp;3 &nbsp;restaurants at &nbsp;8 &nbsp;pm,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "then the probability that they do really meet is  &nbsp;&nbsp;<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2A%281%2F3%29%2A%281%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2A%281%2F3%29%2A%281%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that they do not meet at &nbsp;8 pm is the complement to it, &nbsp;i.e.  &nbsp;&nbsp;1-<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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