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Old 09-21-2007, 05:01 PM
SheetWise SheetWise is offline
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Default Re: Hole in one odds from Yahoo news story

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If we assume independence it should be :

(1/5001)^2*5000/5001 + 5000/5001*(1/5001)^2*5000/5001 +
(5000/5001)*(1/5001)^2 = 0.0000001199

ie ppq,qppq,qpp

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Since the statement and question don't mention anything about the other two players, I dont see anything wrong with using -

(1/5001)^2*3 = 0.00000011995201
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