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fmx
on Dec 22, 2012
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What does randomness look like?
You couldn't possibly miss all 8 pieces. As soon as you make one attempt you'll get one piece.
Zakharov
on Dec 22, 2012
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Henrik's math calculated the chance of missing the "I love you" piece each time. The chance of missing any one other piece each time is the same.
martincmartin
on Dec 24, 2012
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Yes, but they're not independent. Given that you missed piece X, the probability that any one piece it's piece Y it's 1/7, not 1/8, so the chance of missing both X and Y it's lower than the product of their individual probabilities.
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