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Old 11-November-2005, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by snarkophilus
In the case of 7, there's a 1/7 chance of picking the 7 ball if n=7, 1/8 if n=8, 1/9 if n=9, etc. Add up all those possibilities, as n tends to infinity.
But why are you adding up these probabilities? What does this sum measure? By summing probabilities, you're producing a probability greater than one - what does that mean?

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