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Old 10-27-2004, 10:24 AM
theBruiser500 theBruiser500 is offline
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Default simple probability question

3 events, they odds of them happening are, 1/3 1/3 2/5

what are the odds that 2/3 of those events will occur, it can be any 2 out of those 3. thanks.
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Old 10-27-2004, 10:44 AM
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Default Re: simple probability question

As long as they are not related:

First 2:
1/3*1/3*3/5= 3/45
First and Last:
1/3*2/3*2/5 = 4/45
Last 2:
2/3*1/3*2/5= 4/45

So 11/45 that exactly 2/3 will occur.

If you include the case when all 3 occurs,
1/3*1/3*2/5= 2/45, total probability is 13/45.
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Old 11-07-2004, 03:57 AM
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