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Comment by gattr

4 years ago

Indeed. Hmm, but what if I roll a D20 before each flight and take a bomb only if I get a "1"? Do I decrease the average two-bombs probability to 5·10⁻⁶?

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meindnoch  4 years ago

Yes. But the conditional probability of the plane having a bomb that’s not yours will still be 10^-4.

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