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Nice and Kind Vic

you win on a tie

Bill Cypher 2y ago

So 2 in 20 * 1 in 4 + 1 in 20 * 2 in 4, those include the perfect roll but you must respect order of operations.

All that math to arrive at a round 5%.

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Bill Cypher 2y ago

I'm reminded of those questions the teachers gave to fuck with you in higher math. "there is no way the answer to a college calculus problem is 7, I must have made a mistake"

Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

Would you believe this is still incorrect

Bill Cypher 2y ago

I might, I only took stats 1 and that was many years ago.

Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

its interesting to see how you're thinking through the problem though

Bill Cypher 2y ago

Doing the wrong math or doing the math wrong?

I know I'm close enough to make the informed decision I don't like those odds.

Nice and Kind Vic 2y ago

Go back to this. Its close, but not quite how the odds are statistically calculated

So 2 in 20 * 1 in 4 +

..... 1 in 20 * 2 in 4, ....