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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:43 AM Original message |
Can someone here help me set up a probability calculation? |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Try this: |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thanks! I tried that stat trek site, but couldn't remember my college stats formulas |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's a bullet hitting a smaller bullet probability. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. One in 79 octillion? I dunno. Could be a coincidence. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 12:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Excel has less power than the calculator program that came with Win95. |
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dnbn (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. Prob = n!/((n-k)!*k!)*p^k*(1-p)^(n-k) |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. So, what was the probability? nt |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-17-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Just do the indicated arithmetic. I get |
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