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Topic: Probability question
Replies: 1   Last Post: Mar 12, 2008 1:41 AM

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Sam.H

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Re: Probability question
Posted: Mar 12, 2008 1:41 AM
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Well, it may be counter-intuitive, but it's just (1/120)^3. The fact that it changes does not change the chance of guessing right, nor does guessing it right on the previous turn. Answer:0.0000005787, which is once out of every 1728000 guesses.
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