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Jackpine Radical

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8. So you're asking for the probability distributions.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #7)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 02:35 PM

Dec 2012

I think it's a cumulative combination problem & I'd have to look up the solution, unfortunately. Too many years since I studied or taught that stuff.

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Having a probability mental block [View all] jberryhill Dec 2012 OP

1) A minimum of 1, a max of 45 Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #1

Yeah, yeah... solve for 0, 1, infinity, and everything else is a special case.... jberryhill Dec 2012 #2

45 and 15 tama Dec 2012 #3

Perhaps I didn't state the problem clearly enough jberryhill Dec 2012 #4

That was understood tama Dec 2012 #6

I'm dealing with an issue relating to jury pools jberryhill Dec 2012 #7

So you're asking for the probability distributions. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #8

Not the distributions jberryhill Dec 2012 #9

39-40 certain for 1 and 80+% chance of 45 for 2. Festivito Dec 2012 #5

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