eli5: how does probability works?

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In a game where a guy has a 20% win probabiliy in each round. What’s the probabiliy for him to win at least one time after six attempts? It can’t be 120%. I know there is a way to calculate this but idk.

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The probability of him losing is 80% or 0.8. With six attempts the probability of losing them all is 0.8^6 = 0.262 or 26.2%. So the probability of winning at least once is 73.8%.

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