document.write( "Question 1210208: A jewelry box contains two gold hoop earrings and two silver hoop earrings. You randomly choose two earrings. What is the probability that both are silver hoop earrings? Write your answer as a simplified fraction. \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Thanks, greenestamps!  I think Ikleyn knows by now she had a brain fart on this\r\n" );
document.write( "problem.  I've had my share of 'em!  And I'll bet greenestamps has had a couple\r\n" );
document.write( "too.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "But Ikleyn is being a narcissist.  Not only that but she's also being a bully.\r\n" );
document.write( "Those two traits are known to go together.  Think of our president!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Ikleyn knows mathematics, and greenestamps and I both know she does.  We're not\r\n" );
document.write( "saying she doesn't! So, there is no way Ikleyn could STILL believe that labeling\r\n" );
document.write( "the earring hoops could decrease the probability of getting both silver ones!\r\n" );
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document.write( "Ikleyn, please try to realize that having brain farts is nothing to be ashamed\r\n" );
document.write( "of.  Here is the problem you solved instead of the one given.\r\n" );
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document.write( "A jewelry box contains two gold hoop earrings and two silver hoop earrings.  You\r\n" );
document.write( "notice that there are only 3 kinds of pairs to choose:\r\n" );
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document.write( "1. Two Silvers, SS.\r\n" );
document.write( "2. Two Golds, GG.\r\n" );
document.write( "3. One silver and one gold, SG.\r\n" );
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document.write( "You take three slips of paper and write SS on one, GG on one, and SG on one.\r\n" );
document.write( "You then put those slips of paper in a box, shake the box, and then draw one.\r\n" );
document.write( "What is the probability that you will get the slip of paper with SS written on\r\n" );
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document.write( "Of course, the answer is 1/3.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "That is the problem that you essentially solved,  But that is not the problem\r\n" );
document.write( "that is stated. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Ikleyn, please try to realize that everybody has brain farts.  I've had some\r\n" );
document.write( "just as foolish as this one -- over just as simple a problem as this.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "One thing they teach you in the Dale Carnegie course is this: If you're wrong,\r\n" );
document.write( "admit it, quickly and emphatically.  \r\n" );
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document.write( "That big ego of yours is not going to bring you happiness or get you more\r\n" );
document.write( "praise.  In simpler words, be nice to everybody!  Don't put the students down\r\n" );
document.write( "if they mistype or forget something.  They're humans too, and they have brain\r\n" );
document.write( "farts.  If you need to bully, just keep bullying that AI tutor.  He's not a\r\n" );
document.write( "human. His errors can't be blamed on brain farts, but just what he hasn't yet\r\n" );
document.write( "learned.  \r\n" );
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