document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1207318>Question 1207318</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi can you help me with this problem. Does it matter what the couple are, or do<BR>\n" );
document.write( "we just say two people are a couple. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The drama club buys tickets for 12 seats in a row for a local production, and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then sends the tickets randomly to the 12 people who ordered seats. Of these 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "people, 7 are female and 5 are male. Determine the probability that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) A couple will receive tickets sitting together.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) The women will be seated together and the men will be seated together.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hi can you help me with this problem. Does it matter what the couple are, or do we just say two people are a couple.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The drama club buys tickets for 12 seats in a row for a local production, and then sends the tickets randomly <BR>\n" );
document.write( "to the 12 people who ordered seats. Of these 12 people, 7 are female and 5 are male. Determine the probability that:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) A couple will receive tickets sitting together.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) The women will be seated together and the men will be seated together.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Obviously, &nbsp;your question relates to the word &nbsp;\" couple \" &nbsp;in question &nbsp;(a).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This notion/conception/object &nbsp;\" couple \" &nbsp;is &nbsp;NOT &nbsp;defined in the body of the problem, &nbsp;neither explicitly nor implicitly;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "therefore, &nbsp;formally, &nbsp;there is no proper logical connection between the body of the problem and the question.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is very &nbsp;BAD &nbsp;(inappropriate) &nbsp;style writing/formulating/presenting &nbsp;Math problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I would say, &nbsp;that due to this deficiency, &nbsp;the given text is not a Math problem, &nbsp;at all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simply soup of words, &nbsp;instead.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From the post, &nbsp;it is clear that a person who created this composition, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "has no right idea what is a &nbsp;Math problem, &nbsp;at all.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I see such defective compositions every day at this forum; &nbsp;sometimes, &nbsp;even several times per day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simply many people, &nbsp;who think that they create &nbsp;Math problems and disseminate their writing <BR>\n" );
document.write( "in the Internet, &nbsp;do not have necessary professional skills to write &nbsp;Math properly.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Of course, if reading soup of words is fun for you, then you won't care about these details.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But if you come for knowledge and want to learn to speak mathematically in a right way,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then you must pay the closest attention to the accuracy of your language.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are no math problems without internal harmony in their formulations.\r<BR>\n" );
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