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what is de change that:  ( when i play a slotmachine and get a combination that only happend once every 250 spinningtimes on the slotmachine and the same time the machine   machine a error that occur 1 time every 10 000 spinnngs.

Can it be 1/250 *1/10000 becomes 0.004 * 0.0001= 0.0000004% = once every 4.000.000.00 spinnings ?

 Jan 16, 2015

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0.004 x 0.0001  =  0.000 000 4  =  0.000 04 % (must multiply by 100)

But 0.000 000 4  means that it will occur  1 / 0.000 000 4  =  once every 2, 500,000 times.

(The probability that you get this particular combination and the machine malfunctions.)

 Jan 16, 2015
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0.004 x 0.0001  =  0.000 000 4  =  0.000 04 % (must multiply by 100)

But 0.000 000 4  means that it will occur  1 / 0.000 000 4  =  once every 2, 500,000 times.

(The probability that you get this particular combination and the machine malfunctions.)

geno3141 Jan 16, 2015

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