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From: gjohnson@cornell.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.lang.apl
Subject: another APL-related probability problem
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Date: Mon, 29-Aug-83 10:54:39 EDT
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Here is another probability problem suggested by APL:

    What are the odds of receiving various outcomes
    after typing in
	 ??? 6 
    
    More generally, what if I type in K '?'s and follow
    them by the integer 'N'?

In English, say I roll a die with N sides, and it comes
up x1.  I then roll a die with x1 sides, and it comes up
x2.  I repeat the process k times.  What is the probability
distribution for xk?
					- Greg Johnson
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