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To: Kartographer

18 percent. Not 19. Not 17. 18 percent.


6 posted on 09/04/2014 6:34:10 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (FReerepublic: Bring a FRiend!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Not 16, not 20, not 15, not 21, not 007, not 666.....


7 posted on 09/04/2014 6:35:18 PM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Uncle Miltie

Yeah, I think I would trust it more if it were “about 20%.”

18% reminds me too much of Get Smart. Just a little too exact.


8 posted on 09/04/2014 6:36:02 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: Uncle Miltie; Vermont Lt

Nah, that’s legit in the world of statistics. I can tell you the probability of pulling two Kings as the next two cards out of a full deck of cards to as many decimal points as you want; you would see that it’s very directly related to 52, the number of cards in a deck, not a nice round number like 10 or 20.


44 posted on 09/04/2014 8:49:36 PM PDT by jiggyboy
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