eli5: how does probability works?

994 views

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.

In: Mathematics

7 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

Its easiest if you consider the opposite: what’s the chance he wins 0 times after y rounds? Well, we know he has an 80% chance to lose 1 game, so after 6 games his chance of losing every one is 0.8 ^ 6 = 0.26. And if he has a 26% chance of losing every game, he has a 74% chance of winning at least 1

You are viewing 1 out of 7 answers, click here to view all answers.