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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 03:37:10 No.7625577 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7625592 >>7625702 >>7625777

What is the probability of something of 1/n chance occuring at least once in n times?

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!!zzZZJ1pe5rt Fri 30 Oct 2015 03:37:50 No.7625579 Report Delete

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Yes

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 03:42:06 No.7625584 Report Delete

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-1/12

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 03:47:38 No.7625592 Report Delete

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>>7625577
1 - (1-(1/n))^n

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 03:48:04 No.7625593 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7625605

1-((n-1)/n)^n

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 03:53:17 No.7625603 Report Delete

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$\sum_{k=1}^n {n \choose k} \left( \frac{1}{n} \right)^k \left( \frac{n-1}{n} \right)^{n-k}$

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 03:54:29 No.7625605 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>7625611 >>7625613 >>7625614

>>7625593
>>7625592
At large numbers this is aproximately 63.212%, what the fuck, why is that?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 04:01:02 No.7625611 Report Delete

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>>7625605
((n-1)/n)^n=e^(-1) so 1-e^(-1) ~ .6321

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 04:02:04 No.7625613 Report Delete

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>>7625611
>>7625605

Correction:The first part should be as n tends to infinity.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 04:02:23 No.7625614 Report Delete

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>>7625605
Do you want to know why it is that formula or why is it 63%?

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 04:02:49 No.7625615 Report Delete

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>>7625614
Why its 63%

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 05:02:12 No.7625678 Report Delete

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100%

1/N*N=N/N=1/1

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 05:52:36 No.7625702 Report Delete

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>>7625577
binomial distribution. look it up.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 05:54:00 No.7625703 Report Delete

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50% always. It will or it won't.

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Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 07:34:16 No.7625777 Report Delete

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>>7625577
Once... in n times?
1/n

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