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To: Jewbacca


Sorry, the real way to do this is to note you have a 5/6 chance of not hitting your number each roll.
12 posted on 05/07/2015 7:36:59 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca

Like this for the 36 rolls:

The “36” is in superscript (ie to the 36th power)

1-(5/6)36 = 99.86%


18 posted on 05/07/2015 7:42:38 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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