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Posts by Grombrindol

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  • Math question?

    05/07/2015 8:33:16 AM PDT · 48 of 68
    Grombrindol to MNDude

    Basically if you want to know the probability of rolling a “5” at least once when rolling a 6 sided die 6 times it goes like this:

    The percentage for rolling anything except a 5 is 5/6 or 83.33...% probability. Now the probability of rolling every die roll NOT a 5 is 5/6 times 5/6 (6 times) or (5/6)^6 which comes to 33.49% probability that you will not roll even 1 “5” when rolling 6 times.

    So the inverse (meaning you DO roll at least 1 “5”) is basically 100% minus the probability that you will NOT roll any “5”’s or 66.51% probability.

    Remember though that there are lies, damn lies and then statistics. What I wrote above is considered statistics. :-)

  • Which Movies Make Grown Men Cry?

    01/14/2015 9:42:03 AM PST · 242 of 299
    Grombrindol to SeekAndFind
    Gettysburg. At Little Round top when Chamberlain realizes that he has no where to go and makes the decision to charge. Also all of Picket's charge at the end.