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#1 2011-08-08 14:52:27

MathsIsFun
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Probability: Independent Events

Here is another one I am finishing off: Probability: Independent Events

(And there will be some more related pages soon)

Comments/suggestions welcome


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#2 2011-08-08 16:59:02

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Probability: Independent Events

Hi MathsIsFun,

The page is flawless. The illustrations make the page are enlightening. Thanks!


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#3 2011-08-08 18:24:30

Bob
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Re: Probability: Independent Events

hi MathsIsFun

Looks excellent to me.

The same birthdays example is one that always takes people by surprise.  When you are adding extra pages would you be able to make one that shows the calculation?  Interactive?  ie. see the calc for different choice of 'n'?  smile

Bob


Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob smile

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#4 2011-08-08 18:46:43

bobbym
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Re: Probability: Independent Events

Hi;

Very good! Only one thing, I think you will have to reinforce that birthday calculation with at least one example. People tend not to believe it.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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