Interesting Probability Question! | Mathematics | Page 1

tiny quarryBOT Jun 28, 2023, 1:09 PM

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blissful epoch Jun 28, 2023, 1:48 PM

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it's not a puzzle

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like uh

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you just add it up, and that's 3.28

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gentle junco Jun 28, 2023, 1:53 PM

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You are absolutely right, I was checking it myself

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so you just add up the probabilities, and that's that XD

blissful epoch Jun 28, 2023, 1:54 PM

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yes

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it's a thing called linearity of expectation

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it just means "average" usually adds up easily

gentle junco Jun 28, 2023, 1:56 PM

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well I am slightly dumber than I thought

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I modelled a binomial distribution to get that result with 10000 runs

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gentle junco Jun 28, 2023, 1:58 PM

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thank you very much frownyfrog!

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in my defense though I haven't taken probability yet and 3b1b hasn't posted any series about it 😉

blissful epoch Jun 28, 2023, 1:59 PM

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very fair

gentle junco Jun 28, 2023, 2:00 PM

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do you happen know any good series on probability?

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also

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.solved

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