Math Challenge

Jul 27, 2006 01:57

Alright, I've got a math challenge for everyone out there (I'm looking at you, Matt ( Read more... )

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okayoats July 27 2006, 16:46:05 UTC
BO-RING

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nonsuijuris July 27 2006, 21:33:49 UTC
I'm assuming you're limiting yourself to D6-- so long as it's an even-sided di and you only care about odds and evens, it might as well be a coin-flip.

anyway, (3^n)/(3^n)*(n-1)*n*(1/2)^(n+1) = (n-1)*n*(1/2)^(n+1) where is n is the number of dice

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majibf July 27 2006, 21:52:48 UTC
Either I'm reading the equation wrong, or you're misunderstanding what I'm looking for... cuz it didn't work. I put in "2" to the equation (because I know the number of possible outcomes with 2 dice) to test it out. I didn't get "9" which is the answer.

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majibf July 27 2006, 21:57:07 UTC
Okay, I realized one problem that is an indicator of misunderstanding... there should be two variables.

N - number of dice being rolled
X - number of possible outcomes

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majibf July 27 2006, 21:57:31 UTC
That is... x is the answer

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forecaster July 28 2006, 02:41:53 UTC
*Head EXPLODES*

I may be an atmospheric scientist, but I hates the maths! I do as much as possible without it. ^_^

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