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davemenc wrote: ↑05 December 2024, 15:21 For example, if you want to know how likely 3 sixes in a row are on a dice, you would multiply 5/6^3 = 0.5797.

Except that gives the probability of no six in 3 consecutive rolls, NOT of 3 sixes in row (which is (1/6)^3 = 0.0046). Are you really getting 3 sixes in a row 60% of the time?

* In addition, it's 0.5787, not 0.5797.