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( "One basic method for computing probabilities like this is to find the probability that you can still get the desired outcome when the first person chooses a restaurant, then find the probability that you can still get the desired outcome when the second person chooses a restaurant, then multiply the two probabilities.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The first person can choose any of the 3 restaurants; the probability that we can still get the desired outcome after the first person chooses a restaurant is 3/3 = 1.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then to get the desired outcome, the second person has to choose the same restaurant as the first person; there are 3 restaurants to choose from, and only 1 will give the desired outcome.  So the probability that the second person makes a choice that will result in the desired outcome is 1/3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And the probability of obtaining the desired outcome is then the product of the two probabilities: (1)*(1/3) = 1/3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: 1/3<br><BR>\n" );
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