Oops, my apology, that chart already does 0-9 not 1-10, so 13 or 14 would tie as the most common sum.
On Apr 26, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > On Apr 26, 2012, at 5:57 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > >> >> >> On 4/26/2012 20:40, steve harley wrote: >>> on 2012-04-26 17:54 Larry Colen wrote >>>> On Apr 26, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >>>>> >>>>> if you sum the three numbers across in all three digit numbers from >>>>> 001 to 999, what sum would come up the most often? 2nd most? etc >>>>> >>>>> obviously 1 and 27 would be the two least. >>> >>> er, not obviously — 27 is least, 1 and 26 are tied for next least >> Oh right because 100,010 and 001 etc... I got that... >> >>> >>>> In gamer parlance, that's the distribution of 3d10-3. >>>> >>>> http://dev.epicheroes.net/?p=4 >>> >>> that illustrates what i expected — the distribution is a symmetrical >>> curve highest in the middle (or would be if zero weren't nixed) >>> >> >> Fine, now tell me what the single sum is so I don't have to do the math :-) > > If you look at the table, 13 or 14 show up 7.5% of the time, subtract three > and it would be 10 or 11. > >> >> ann >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
