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Probability

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-16 6:38

If 128 six-sided dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the dice will not exceed 320?

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-16 8:57

>>1
Four.

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-16 14:48

4.377 to be precise

Name: 4tran 2008-12-16 16:37

1) Go2 /tg/.
2) Roll dice repeatedly (do they still have this feature?) and take statistics.
3) Tell us answer.
4) ???
5) profit!

Name: Anonymous 2008-12-17 2:21

Well, you could use the fact that the average of a large number of dice throws (discrete uniform distribution) will approach a normal distribution, and that you'd need an average below 2.5 to not exceed 320.
But that'd be too easy. Monte Carlo it, no one will ever know.

Name: 4tran 2008-12-20 21:03

>>5
I was thinking of that too, but I wasn't sure if 128 is big enough for that approximation.

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