Re: [HOE] probabilities

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> You are asking two different things from your dice.  If you want to
> determine the probability of rolling a _10_ on the d10 then it is 10%.  If
> you want to determine the same for a d8 (with the first roll necessarily
> being an 8) it's (.125)*(.125).  If you want to determine the prob. of
> rolling a 10 _or better_, THEN you add the prob. of rolling all the other #s
> on the 2nd die together, i.e. 3-8, which would be (.125)*(.875), which is
> better than 10%.

Right, but the point is it's easier to roll a 10 on a d8 then it is on a
d10. That's just... wrong. 
:)

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