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Old 10-03-2007, 07:23 PM
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Default Probably a dumb question

If I enter into 3 separate drawings with these probabilities of winning 1/44 1/51 1/41.

What is my probability of winning all three as a fraction and as a percent?
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Old 10-03-2007, 07:25 PM
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and you're the odds god?
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Old 10-03-2007, 07:33 PM
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bbv?
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Old 10-03-2007, 07:44 PM
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They're bad.
Probably belongs in sMp?
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Old 10-03-2007, 07:53 PM
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1/30668

0.00003260%

i refuse to show my work for fear of being horribly wrong
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Old 10-03-2007, 07:58 PM
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I have no idea what you did there. As a fraction it's

1/92004

which as a percent is

1/92004%
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Old 10-03-2007, 08:02 PM
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i divided that by 3
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Old 10-04-2007, 02:21 AM
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the OP's undertitle and loc make me sad.
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Old 10-04-2007, 02:29 AM
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odds are

this is a level
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Old 10-04-2007, 02:38 AM
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n/m

I really am wrong

stephen is right
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