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Old 09-20-2004, 10:05 PM
Neil Stevens Neil Stevens is offline
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Default Re: Help With Math Please

Probability of pulling an ace exactly once out of 13 tries:

(1/13)^1 * (12/13)^12 * 13 = 38%

(chance of getting the ace once) * (chance of getting non-ace 12 times) * (number of ways to pull once ace)

Probability of pulling an ace exactly twice:

(1/13)^2 * (12/13)^11 * 78 = 19%

Probability of pulling no aces:

(12/13)^13 = 35%

Hope this helps (and I hope I made no errors!)
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