Does anyone know how percentages work? My friend is calling me dumb (he's doing math in college) because I think that the more tries you have at something, the bigger chance you'll get your desired outcome.
Let's say there's Person A and Person B.
Both of them want to see Outcome A pop up AT LEAST ONCE.
Outcome A has a 60% chance to happen, Outcome B has a 40% chance to happen,
Person A has 5 tries to roll and get Outcome A.
Person B has 1 try to roll and get Outcome A.
My friend would argue that they have an equal chance to see the outcome, which means that Person B has an equal chance to miss Outcome A as compared to Person A missing Outcome A (which means getting Outcome B 5 times in a row).
This sounds incredibly retarded. Am I being filtered?
He says that the difference between their two chances is low enough to be unimportant, aka that its mostly equal.
Let's say there's Person A and Person B.
Both of them want to see Outcome A pop up AT LEAST ONCE.
Outcome A has a 60% chance to happen, Outcome B has a 40% chance to happen,
Person A has 5 tries to roll and get Outcome A.
Person B has 1 try to roll and get Outcome A.
My friend would argue that they have an equal chance to see the outcome, which means that Person B has an equal chance to miss Outcome A as compared to Person A missing Outcome A (which means getting Outcome B 5 times in a row).
This sounds incredibly retarded. Am I being filtered?
He says that the difference between their two chances is low enough to be unimportant, aka that its mostly equal.
