March 28th, 2004, 06:37 AM
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Re: Big Problem - Unbalanced random events
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Originally posted by Wyatt Hebert:
Hey, Lintman, check the math. 
If you lost $150 in each of 5 games, and won $50 in each of 5 games, you'd have lost $500 total, not $750.
The only way you'd come out with $750 lost overall is if you won $50 in each of 5 games, and lost $150 _more_ (in terms of absolute magnitude) in each of 5 games, i.e. you won $50 5 times, but lost $200 5 times.
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Doh! I had the math correct originally, but at the Last second before posting, I changed the numbers without double-checking and screwed it up! Sorry about that. |