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excerpt: "This little story by Marilyn appeared in our Sunday paper. You are to come up with the answer as requested at the end. It is an easy one to convert into a computer program to get the answer."
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authors: "Marilyn Vos Savant"
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# A Cockroach Story

This little story by Marilyn appeared in our Sunday paper. You are to come up with the answer as requested at the end. It is an easy one to convert into a computer program to get the answer.