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Old 10-16-2007, 12:13 PM
Pokerfarian Pokerfarian is offline
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Default Re: basic probability question counter intuitive?

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P2 + <font color="red">(1 - P2)*</font>6/46 =~ 33.6%.

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I get 23.67 + (1 - 23.67)*6/46 = 20.7 [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]


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You need 100 instead of 1 because you've put everything else in %s (or put everything in decimal/fractions &amp; then convert the answer to a %)
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