On 06 Mar 2004 15:18:24 GMT, (Lat705) wrote:

To tell whether a person is an engineer, or a mathematics/ Operations Reasearch
type, give them the following problem:

A box contained 50 red socks and 50 green socks. You withdrew two socks; one
green and one red. What is the probability of having a matching pair on the
next withdrawal?

Please provide me your understanding of the term "matching pair". In
what soical context do you utilize "matching pair". Etc. etc. until a
thesis has been produced.

(The Anthropologist's response).

Peter

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