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#1 2011-12-24 02:28:54

juantheron
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another dice problem

A die is rolled 10 times.Find the no. of outcomes in which at least one die shows 3.

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#2 2011-12-24 03:26:27

anonimnystefy
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Re: another dice problem

hi juan

i got 50700551.

i'm not sure if it's correct. big_smile


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#3 2011-12-24 04:39:13

juantheron
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Re: another dice problem

thanks anonimnystefy

how can you get it

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#4 2011-12-24 05:27:06

gAr
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Re: another dice problem

Hi,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#5 2011-12-24 06:00:52

anonimnystefy
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Re: another dice problem

is that in the given answers?

i got it from the probability of getting of getting a 3 and then multiplying that probability by 6^10.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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