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From: darin@ut-dillo.UUCP (Darin Adler)
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Subject: Re: Dice "Odds"
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Date: Sat, 14-Dec-85 20:59:04 EST
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> Given that you use two dice in a game and that you are trying to figure
> the odds of getting a particular combination:  do you use the combinations
> or the permutations to determine the odds?

You use the permutations.  There are a number of ways to convince yourself
that this is correct, but one of the best ways is to roll a bunch of dice
(or use a random number generator, if you "trust" computers).
-- 
Darin Adler	{gatech,harvard,ihnp4,seismo}!ut-sally!ut-dillo!darin

"Such a mass of motion -- do not know where it goes"	P. Gabriel