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document.write( "Prob he gets a particular question wrong is (2/3).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Prob he gets all 5 questions wrong is (2/3)^5 = 0.1317<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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