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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They’re independent events.

Landing the 7% once has no bearing on whether you’ll get it any of the other 9 attempts, so you can’t just multiply the single-attempt probability by the number of attempts.

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