Why is a single 70% chance different to Ten 7% chances

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Like. I know they are different and that one is less likely. But could someone explain this in a way that I can explain it to my partner? I know it is true but cannot remember anything about why and how to explain my point.

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Because you don’t add that sort of probability together. The total probabilities of all the possible out comes must equal 100%.

If you added 7% ten times, then you would also be implying that the total probabilities
of all possible outcomes need to sum to 1000%

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