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?

(1-10^-21)^(10^25)=

((1-10^-21)^(10^21))^(10^4)

The first part is very close to 1/e, so the answer is (1/e)^10000, or approximately 1x10^-4343.

Posted by Old Original Oskar! on 2006-08-09 14:15:26