Anyone good with statistics?

[jsquared]

So lets say there are 55 giveaway threads with 500 posts in each, what would be my overall chances of winning one item if I post one reply in each thread?

math is not my strong suit.

 

[the_great_white]

.002%

 

[Sneakypete]

I am pretty sure Steve said there would be no math to be in this contest

 

[the_great_white]

I am pretty sure Steve said there would be no math to be in this contest

hahahahahahahaha!!!!!

 

[jsquared]

1 in 500. Regardless of how you work the numbers, if 500 people post each time and you're only 1 person, there's a 1 in 500 chance.

Interesting, so even though there are 55 threads, my chances of winning one item or all 55 is the same?

 

[Blue Moon]

Not good!

 

[WyldeDime]

i am pretty sure steve said there would be no math to be in this contest

hahahahaha!!!!

 

[chopper duke]

Interesting, so even though there are 55 threads, my chances of winning one item or all 55 is the same?

I was wrong. It was .002. 55 chances out of 27,500 possible outcomes.

 

[jsquared]

I was wrong. It was .002. 55 chances out of 27,500 possible outcomes.

1/500 = .002 haha

This is why I hate statistics!

So, what would be the chances of me winning all 55 items with one post in each thread? It HAS to be smaller than the chances of me winning one item.

 

[Bioshock]

2+2 is 4