Thread: Probability of rolling a double with n dice
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Old 04-23-2005, 11:12 PM
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and P(5,n-2) is permutations of 5 things taken n-2 at a time = 5!/(n-2)!

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P(5,n-2) = 5!/[5-(n-2)]! = 5!/(7-n)!
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