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Ugh, just can't figure this out.Basically, lets say you are 50-1 to win a given tournament. You play these tournaments in groups of 4s. What are the odds you will win 3 of the tournaments, and not win the other?I'm sure it's really obvious but I just can't get an answer I feel is right

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125,000 to 1
nah I don't think it is. That's winning 3 tournies in a row, but does not factor in the fourth in tournament in which I don't win.
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I was just kidding anyway. I am really good at math but I don't have the slightest clue as how to begin answering this problem.122,500 to 1?

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125,000 to 1 to win 3 of the 4 tournaments.You're still 50 to 1 against winning the 4 tournament no matter how well or poor you did in the other three.So the odds you won't win the 4 tournament are 50 to 1.

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33,825:1 using the stated 50:1 (which != 1/50)If OP meant 49:1 which does = 1/50 then the answer is 31887:1For the latter its (1/50)^3 * 49/50 *4 because the losing tourney could be any one of the 4

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125000 to 1 to win 3
No, it isn't. By this logic if he had 1 million tries he's still 125000 to 1.It's kind of a tree problem. First tourney he wins 1/50 and loses 49/50. I think it's 4 * 49/(50^4), or 196/6,250,000 (.00003136) where 1/125,000 = (.000008)
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No, it isn't. By this logic if he had 1 million tries he's still 125000 to 1.It's kind of a tree problem. First tourney he wins 1/50 and loses 49/50. I think it's 4 * 49/(50^4), or 196/6,250,000 (.00003136) where 1/125,000 = (.000008)
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Well, he has to win 3 and lose 1, so it's (1/50)(1/50)(1/50)(49/50) because those are the probabilities of winning 3 and losing 1. He can lose any of the tournaments, so you multiply this by 4 because there are 4 possible combinations.
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33,825:1 using the stated 50:1 (which != 1/50)If OP meant 49:1 which does = 1/50 then the answer is 31887:1For the latter its (1/50)^3 * 49/50 *4 because the losing tourney could be any one of the 4
this is correct.
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No, it isn't. By this logic if he had 1 million tries he's still 125000 to 1.It's kind of a tree problem. First tourney he wins 1/50 and loses 49/50. I think it's 4 * 49/(50^4), or 196/6,250,000 (.00003136) where 1/125,000 = (.000008)
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Good thing its Einsteins and not Schroediners cat..the box is open so there are no quantum issues any longer....in this universe anyway.
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33,825:1 using the stated 50:1 (which != 1/50)If OP meant 49:1 which does = 1/50 then the answer is 31887:1For the latter its (1/50)^3 * 49/50 *4 because the losing tourney could be any one of the 4
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Ugh, just can't figure this out.Basically, lets say you are 50-1 to win a given tournament. You play these tournaments in groups of 4s. What are the odds you will win 3 of the tournaments, and not win the other?I'm sure it's really obvious but I just can't get an answer I feel is right
I haven't read the other replies yet. I noticed that this thread already has two pages, so no doubt the correct answer has already been supplied.Nevertheless, here it is:1) Your odds of winning any one tournament is 50:1 or 1/51 = 0.0196...2) Hence your odds of losing any one tournament is 50/51 = 0.980...3) The outcome in any one tournament is independent of the outcome in the other three tournamentsTherefore, the final equation is:(1/51)*(1/51)*(1/51)*(50/51)*4 = 200/6,765,201So you will win exactly 3 out of a block of 4 tournaments 200 out of every 6.77 million attempts (or approximately 1 in every 33,826 times).Good luck!
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Came across another problem similar to this recently. My friend was playing roulette and was betting on four numbers only on each spin. In 10 spins, one of his four numbers came up 6 of the ten times.Using what I think is the correct formula, it was(4 / 37) * (4 / 37) * (4 / 37) * (4 / 37) * (4 / 37) * (4 / 37) * (33 / 37) * (33 / 37) * (33 / 37) * (33 / 37) * 10 = 1.0101793 × 10-5 likely for this to happen? This is almost 100,000-1, yes?

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