Math/Odds Question
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Math/Odds Question
So lets say you throw Three dice. Each Dice has 9 Sides!`
What are the chances of any two dice landing on the same number?
What are the chances of all theee dice landing on the same number?
What's the formula for something like that?
What are the chances of any two dice landing on the same number?
What are the chances of all theee dice landing on the same number?
What's the formula for something like that?
Last edited by UrbanCowboy; Nov 11, 2006 at 05:48 PM.
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When rolling three dice, the odds of any two dice showing the same side is 1.4:1.
When rolling three dice, the odds of all three dice showing the same side is 35:1
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dice-play/OddsTables.htm
When rolling three dice, the odds of all three dice showing the same side is 35:1
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dice-play/OddsTables.htm
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Originally Posted by davenay
When rolling three dice, the odds of any two dice showing the same side is 1.4:1.
When rolling three dice, the odds of all three dice showing the same side is 35:1
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dice-play/OddsTables.htm
When rolling three dice, the odds of all three dice showing the same side is 35:1
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dice-play/OddsTables.htm
That would be 6 sided dice .. UC is asking for 9 sided dice.
I was just playing around with some ideas for a formula but nothing seems to work out. I can not rember those formulas from gr.12 math.