{"id":897,"date":"2019-04-25T18:19:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T22:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897"},"modified":"2019-04-25T18:20:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T22:20:02","slug":"meeting-at-the-mall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897","title":{"rendered":"Meeting at the Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sally Jones arrived at the Mega Market Mall and slid her white Ford Fiesta\nin among eight other cars in a parking section that could accommodate nine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sally received a call from Molly while parking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m at a restaurant right now lunching with Jane, Sally, but we\u2019ll soon\nbe off to the Mega Market Mall in separate cars,\u201d said Molly excitedly. \u201cThere\u2019s\na big sale on shoes. How can we meet up?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJust park your cars on both sides of my white Ford Fiesta. I\u2019ll be\nable to see you between the trees from the window of the art exhibition hall, and\nI\u2019ll come get you.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut if the slots next to your car are occupied, how can we meet?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is lots of traffic in and out of the mall. Should be no problem.\u201d\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly didn\u2019t seem convinced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If there were five cars including\nSally\u2019s in the parking section, what would be the probability that Molly and\nJane could park alongside Sally\u2019s car?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-897\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-897\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-897\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sally Jones arrived at the Mega Market Mall and slid her white Ford Fiesta in among eight other cars in a parking section that could accommodate nine. Sally received a call from Molly while parking. \u201cI\u2019m at a restaurant right now lunching with Jane, Sally, but we\u2019ll soon be off to the Mega Market Mall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-897\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-897\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-897\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=897&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[50,10],"tags":[33,298],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7zDaf-et","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":880,"url":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=880","url_meta":{"origin":897,"position":0},"title":"The Parked Cars","date":"March 20, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cLooks pretty suspicious to me, Molly,\u201d growled Sam Diamond, peering out of the window at the parking lot below through two slats he held apart in the blinds. \u201cWhat do you mean, suspicious?\u201d asked Molly with a worried tone. 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Sunlight was fading while yellowish and brown leaves floated erratically down from trees. 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