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\n" ); document.write( "With one method of a procedure called acceptance sampling, a sample of items is randomly selected
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document.write( "This probability is the ratio of the number of all totally good TRIPLES of CDs  \r\n" );
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document.write( "to the number of all triples CDs of 1350 collection.  So\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  =  = 0.6847  (approximately).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Another method to calculate this probability is\r\n" );
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document.write( "    P =  = 0.6847,\r\n" );
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document.write( "giving the same answer.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The structure of the last formula is very clear, making it SELF-EXPLANATORY.\r\n" );
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