[ba-poker] Re: [BARGE] Math is hard, and sometimes harder to explain.

[William Chen <wchen_8369(deleted the rest)>]

--- Perry Friedman <friedman(deleted the rest)> wrote:
> A definitional question first.  Do you mean that the
> chances of being
> dealt quads ONE OR MORE times in the session is
> 1/10, or the chances of
> being dealt EXACTLY 1 time is 1/10?  I assume you
> mean the former, as in
> the chances of being dealt quads on a given hand is
> .9^(1/N).
> 
> Perry
> 

A very good question. The answer is that you can
assume either, it doesn't change the answer much.  

So assuming the former is fine--I think your approach
will get the answer. I'm also very interested in the
intution of the answer at the end after you get it. 

Bill