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To: MNDude
AT LEAST 1 five in six rolls is (5/6)^6

There is a 5/6 chance of failure on each roll. Multiply that number by itself roll each successive roll.

EXACTLY 1 five in six rolls equals the prob of 1 success times the prob of fail/fail/fail/fail/fail.

that's (1/6)(5/6)(5/6)(5/6)(5/6)(5/6) X 6

the final X 6 is because you don't care which of the six rolls is a success.

apologies in advance for typos. I'm on my iPad. I hate typing on it.

44 posted on 05/07/2015 8:18:14 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: Tanniker Smith

Sigh....


46 posted on 05/07/2015 8:29:31 AM PDT by SAJ
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