Re: [HOE] probabilities

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> You made two mistakes.  One was thinking I had made a mistake ...

No one likes a show off :p

> There are 28 ways to go bust on 3d10:
> 
> 9 ways with 1's on the red die and the green die, and 2 thru 9 on the blue.
> 9 ways with 1's on the red die and the blue die, and 2 thru 9 on the green.
> 9 ways with 1's on the green die and the blue die, and 2 thru 9 on the red.
> 1 way with 1's on all three dice.
> 
> 28/1000 = 2.8%, compared to 1.0% on 2d10.

I sit corrected.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab


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