RE: [DL] Heavy Mathematical Answer to Dirk's Question - Long, too.

["Phalen, Pat" <Pat.Phalen@infores.com>]

>Though I lost track of the calculations for average total when they 
>included the effects of going bust.
>If anyone has those, I'd love to put 'em up.

Take the product of the sum of the expected value (e.g., the desired number)
and the probability of obtaining that value.  The sum of all of these
numbers is the average:

Avg = Sum [ P(1)*1 + P(2)*2 +...+ P(n)*n) ] where P(i) the probability of
obtaining *exactly* that number.
Unfortunately, the tables you have don't do that, so using those tables to
calculate the averages is nigh impossible...

Your tables are the probability of getting *at least* that number, which is
quite different...

Patrick