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Old 10-10-2007, 05:49 PM
jay_shark jay_shark is offline
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Default Re: simple probablility of a prop bet...

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whats wrong with this?->

(12/52) + (12/51) + (12/50) = K,Q,or J hitting ~70.5%

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You may be thinking of the inclusion/exclusion formula .

P(AuBuc) = P(A)+P(B)+P(C) - P(AB)-P(AC) -P(BC) +P(ABC)

Where A is the event the first card is a k,q,j.
B is the event the second card is a k,q,j
C is the event the third card is a k,q,j .

So we have 12/52*3 - 12/52*11/49*3 + 12/52*11/51*10/50 = 0.552941176

You may want to look up Venn diagrams to get a visualization of what's happening here .
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