Just in case you ever wanted to know...
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:09 pmI posted this in the main Strat-O board as a response to question about the probability of the dice and how it relates to the cards we play. Sorry about the cross post here but it's been slow here lately and this is my favorite board of them all.
[quote:88d233f59e]I believe that I've got the probabilities correct but please someone else come and correct me if I'm wrong. I will focus on any position player's "1" column and you can roll it out to the "2-6" columns because they are the same.
For the sake of simplicity the first number represents 1d6 followed by a dashed number which represents 2d6.
1-2 = 0.46%
1-3 = 0.93%
1-4 = 1.39%
1-5 = 1.85%
1-6 = 2.31%
1-7 = 2.78%
1-8 = 2.31%
1-9 = 1.85%
1-10 = 1.39%
1-11 = 0.93%
1-12 = 0.46%
Take all of these percentages and multiply by 6 columns and you get:
99.96%
Seriously, the missing .04% is there, I just rounded the above numbers to the nearest hundredth. There are some incredibly long decimals after those figures so if you really want to find that missing .04%, use your own calculator! LOL
How did I arrive at the figure? First die is a 1/6 chance multiplied by the outcome of two dice. There are 36 possibilities on a 2d6 throw. 1/36 to roll a 1 or 12, 2/36 to roll a 3 or 11, 3/36 to roll a 4 or 10, etc., etc.
Hope this helps?[/quote:88d233f59e]
[quote:88d233f59e]I believe that I've got the probabilities correct but please someone else come and correct me if I'm wrong. I will focus on any position player's "1" column and you can roll it out to the "2-6" columns because they are the same.
For the sake of simplicity the first number represents 1d6 followed by a dashed number which represents 2d6.
1-2 = 0.46%
1-3 = 0.93%
1-4 = 1.39%
1-5 = 1.85%
1-6 = 2.31%
1-7 = 2.78%
1-8 = 2.31%
1-9 = 1.85%
1-10 = 1.39%
1-11 = 0.93%
1-12 = 0.46%
Take all of these percentages and multiply by 6 columns and you get:
99.96%
Seriously, the missing .04% is there, I just rounded the above numbers to the nearest hundredth. There are some incredibly long decimals after those figures so if you really want to find that missing .04%, use your own calculator! LOL
How did I arrive at the figure? First die is a 1/6 chance multiplied by the outcome of two dice. There are 36 possibilities on a 2d6 throw. 1/36 to roll a 1 or 12, 2/36 to roll a 3 or 11, 3/36 to roll a 4 or 10, etc., etc.
Hope this helps?[/quote:88d233f59e]