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1993
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In this article I introduce a way of representing probabilities which has shown promise both in developing a quantitative interpretation of probability and in helping students understand basic arithmetic operations on probabilities. I refer to this representational device as a "pipe diagram." Many will recognize pipe diagrams as modified tree diagrams. By way of introduction, I first show a standard tree-diagram solution to a typical probability problem.
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