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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Innumeracy, humorous ... maybe.
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 15:06:48 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <2931105518.0.p00168@psilink.com>
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- In article <2931105518.0.p00168@psilink.com>, "James F. Tims" <p00168@psilink.com> writes:
- >Don't the numbers pop out of six separate containers?
- >Assuming that every jar has all 49 numbers, the odds become 6!/49**6,
- >or 1/19,223,881. Or am I missing something?
-
- No, the drawing is from a set of 49 balls WITHOUT REPLACEMENT. There isn't
- even a way to pick the same number twice on the lottery forms.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
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