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Rolling a die repeatedly (you can't just add percentages) 2007-10-04
From Howard:
If my son has a 16.66% chance of rolling a particular number on a dice, and he rolls for it 6 times, he knows (from experience) that his odds of getting at least 1 right are not 100% (16.66% +16.66%+16.66% etc). He asked me if there was an equation that would give him the correct percentage chance of success when trying X times for a Y% chance of something.
Answered by Victoria West.
 
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