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1 st Bushel<br />

2 nd Bushel<br />

U1<br />

U1<br />

U2<br />

C<br />

U2 C<br />

This leaves us with three possibilities. So, our probability should be:<br />

( )<br />

Wait! This is the same as our earlier calculation of<br />

( )<br />

S<strong>in</strong>ce we get the same answer, one might th<strong>in</strong>k that it must not matter which approach we take.<br />

Many times, it doesn‟t; however, “many” is not satisfy<strong>in</strong>g enough, s<strong>in</strong>ce this leaves us prone to<br />

mistakes under different circumstances.<br />

Let‟s analyze the full situation two different ways. We found that if we don‟t elim<strong>in</strong>ate order<br />

differences, then we can write the probability as:<br />

If we did (correctly) elim<strong>in</strong>ate order differences, notice that we cut the number of possibilities <strong>in</strong><br />

half, that is, divided by 2. You‟ll notice that 2 is the same th<strong>in</strong>g as . So, let‟s divide out<br />

the number of duplicates from top and bottom:<br />

And<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 122

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