I'm sorry, but this is just bouncing off of my thick skull and getting lost in space.
You've removed a "good" card from the possibilities. For the first one, there are 10 good cards and 20 total. For the second, there are 9 good cards and 19 total. And so forth. --Ben How have you removed a good card if this is being calculated before any cards are drawn? Is this just the way of statistics? -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ...-----Original Message----- ...From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ...Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 12:29 PM ...To: CF-Community ...Subject: Re: Calculating odds. ... ...You've removed a "good" card from the possibilities. For the first one, ...there are 10 good cards and 20 total. For the second, there are 9 good ...cards and 19 total. And so forth. ... ...--Ben ... ...Ian Skinner wrote: ...> Draw 5 numbers from Set B = 10/20 * 9/19 * 8/18 * 7/17 * 6/16. ...> ...> Ok, I was going 10/20 * 10/19 * 10/18 * 10/17 * 10/16. ...> ...> Can you refresh my very rusty statistics on why both the numerator and ...denominator are reduced for each iteration? ... ... ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=11 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142602 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
