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So how small is it then? (Posted on 2006-08-09)

In a magazine recently there was a discussion about probability.

The author asserted that the probability of the event in question was approximately

(1 - 10^-21)^10²⁵

How small is this number?

See The Solution Submitted by Jer

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Approximate solution

| Comment 6 of 17 |

I'd say it's about 0.11354838653147360928635195484925679234425 * 10^(-4342)

Posted by JLo on 2006-08-10 12:32:07

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