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If I roll a 6-sided die, 28 times, and get the same number 28 times in a row, is this really a 1 in 1 Septillion chance?

 Sep 16, 2016
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(1/6)28  =  1 / 6, 140, 943, 214, 000, 000, 000, 000  (approx)

            =  1 in 6.14 x 1021  (approx)

 

However a septillion is 1 in 1024, so (1/6)28 misses a septillion by (about) a factor of 1,000.

 Sep 16, 2016

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