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Old 12-17-2004, 01:26 PM  
chodadog
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Originally posted by punkworld
But those 4 options don't have equal chances. Just because they're all there, doesn't mean they're all just as likely.
For one to be more likely than the other, wouldn't it's result have to be more frequent in the pool? I mean, let's take a six sided die. Let's say it has 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 5. No six on this dice.

Total possible results= 6.
Chance of a 1 coming up = 1 in 6
....
Chance of a 4 coming up = 1 in 6
Chance of a 5 coming up = 2 in 6 or 1 in 3.

In the 3 box situation we're dealing with, there is only one possible combination for each outcome, and therefore they are just as likely as eachother, aren't they?
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26 + 6 = 1

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