Small probabilities add, big ones don’t
The Endeavour 2024-05-10
Summary:
A video has been making the rounds in which a well-known professor [1] says that if something has a 20% probability of happening in one attempt, then it has a 40% chance of happening in two attempts, a 60% chance in happening in three attempts, etc. This is wrong, but it’s a common mistake. And […]
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