… which leads to expertise in stripping away the crap to find the question:
Margaret is studying her math.She encounters the following problem: If ice cream comes in five different flavors — pistachio, mint, vanilla, chocolate, and coffee — and the ice cream is sold in packages of two flavors per pack, randomly assigned, what is the chance that any given two-pack you buy contains mint?
Margaret’s answer: “Zero chance. I wouldn’t buy any at all, because only an idiot would buy ice cream in randomly-assigned two-flavor packages.” [AKMA]
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