▲ 10 ▼ I rolled a die ten times and got 4,6,3,6,3,2,3,5,4,4, do you think that just happened by chance? (lemmy.ca) submitted 4 months ago by FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca to c/shittyasklemmy@lemmy.ml 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago (4 children) Yes permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children) The odds of getting this specific sequence was 1/60,466,176 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago But the odds of getting a specific sequence with 1/60,466,176 odds are 100% permalink fedilink source parent [–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago What are the odds of getting any specific combination? The only thing vaguely unusual about that will is that there weren't any 1s, and there's like a 15% for that. Picking out any specific sequence and if you'll get those numbers in that order are going to be very low odds, but getting 'more 4s than you expect' or no 1s is kind of reasonable. The odds of you getting struck by lightning are pretty low, but the odds of someone getting struck by lightning in a given year are so high that it would be noteworthy if it didn't happened. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago If you called it before you rolled, the odds are 1:60,000,000. If you just rolled them and are just telling us what you got, then it's just telling us what you got, 1:1 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca [S] 4 points 4 months ago (3 children) The odds of getting this specific sequence was 1/60,466,176 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago But the odds of getting a specific sequence with 1/60,466,176 odds are 100% permalink fedilink source parent [–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago What are the odds of getting any specific combination? The only thing vaguely unusual about that will is that there weren't any 1s, and there's like a 15% for that. Picking out any specific sequence and if you'll get those numbers in that order are going to be very low odds, but getting 'more 4s than you expect' or no 1s is kind of reasonable. The odds of you getting struck by lightning are pretty low, but the odds of someone getting struck by lightning in a given year are so high that it would be noteworthy if it didn't happened. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago If you called it before you rolled, the odds are 1:60,000,000. If you just rolled them and are just telling us what you got, then it's just telling us what you got, 1:1 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago But the odds of getting a specific sequence with 1/60,466,176 odds are 100% permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago What are the odds of getting any specific combination? The only thing vaguely unusual about that will is that there weren't any 1s, and there's like a 15% for that. Picking out any specific sequence and if you'll get those numbers in that order are going to be very low odds, but getting 'more 4s than you expect' or no 1s is kind of reasonable. The odds of you getting struck by lightning are pretty low, but the odds of someone getting struck by lightning in a given year are so high that it would be noteworthy if it didn't happened. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago If you called it before you rolled, the odds are 1:60,000,000. If you just rolled them and are just telling us what you got, then it's just telling us what you got, 1:1 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spiderhamster@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago (2 children) Yes, but Id like to know if it was a d20 because those rolls would be super shitty permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] luthis@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago Good point. If it was a d4 though, they would be spectacular rolls permalink fedilink source parent [–] colournoun@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago It was a d100 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago Good point. If it was a d4 though, they would be spectacular rolls permalink fedilink source parent
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