hmmmm
i did 9/19*8/18*7/17*6/16*5/15*4/14*3/13*2/12*1/11 and got 92378/1
ie the odds of picking 9 matching coloured balls from 20 after choosing the first one
Posted By: SCC 28 on November 16th 2011 at 14:04:07
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- Lunchtime combinatorics (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 16, 13:40:00
- seems rather long odds (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 13:43:39
- Which is why I'm suspicious of my own logic a bit (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 16, 13:47:32
- might have a forumula actually (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 13:56:22
- hmmmm (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 14:04:07
- ah but that's just the correct order isn't it (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 14:07:53
- That's not the same though is it (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 16, 14:06:22
- hmmmm (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 14:04:07
- might have a forumula actually (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 13:56:22
- Which is why I'm suspicious of my own logic a bit (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Nov 16, 13:47:32
- Yes, that's right (General Chat) - duke of york, Nov 16, 13:43:17
- seems rather long odds (General Chat) - SCC 28, Nov 16, 13:43:39
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