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Post #214,139 by JayMehaffey 7/10/05 12:21:30 AM Reply	Not good. The problem you describe is the simple case. Because there are no rules or other factors that apply across rolls, you can simply divide the possible winning rolls by the total possible rolls. Because the order doesn't matter there are 4! (24) possible combinations that win, out of a 100^4 (100000000) possible combinations. That is a rather slim 0.000024% chance of success, or 1 in 4166667. Jay
Post #214,140 by broomberg 7/10/05 12:33:52 AM Reply	He did it Playing Dungeons and Dragons. The game came to a stop for about 30 minutes as people freaked out about it.
Post #214,144 by Ashton 7/10/05 2:11:58 AM Reply	(Note too) In this event, we may be reasonably assured that.. He did so without 4! or even, a single prayer to a $Deity ummm ;^>

Odds - (broomberg) - (7) - July 9, 2005, 11:42:36 PM EDT

Multiply the odds out - (ChrisR) - (2) - July 9, 2005, 11:55:03 PM EDT

So it's - (broomberg) - (1) - July 10, 2005, 12:14:47 AM EDT

Yup. He was lucky. -NT - (ben_tilly) - July 10, 2005, 12:57:26 AM EDT

A decent page on n-sided dice - (Another Scott) - July 10, 2005, 12:09:52 AM EDT

Not good. - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - July 10, 2005, 12:21:30 AM EDT

He did it - (broomberg) - (1) - July 10, 2005, 12:33:52 AM EDT

(Note too) - (Ashton) - July 10, 2005, 02:11:58 AM EDT

Three cheers for literacy... I feel sick.
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