View Single Post
Old 01-13-2007, 03:51 AM  
websiex
Confirmed User
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pennsylvania, United States of America
Posts: 987
Quote:
Originally Posted by Myst View Post
wtf
the odds of getting exactly 2 is 2 times success and 6 times failure
thats .8^6 * .2^2
I just guessed, but the question might have been better put as:

Everytime you roll a 5 sided die you get X 20% of the time. If you flip it 8 times, what are the odds of getting X exactly 2 times.
websiex is offline   Share thread on Digg Share thread on Twitter Share thread on Reddit Share thread on Facebook Reply With Quote