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LEGIT
21 Aug 14 13:59
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If A, B & C have an equal chance of winning what is the likelihood of A/B/C winning 5x consec and what is the likelihood of AB/AC/BC winning 5x consec...

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longbridge
When: 21 Aug 14 15:50
IF A, B & C have an equal chance of winning (and there are no other possible outcome) the chance of any of them winning once is 1/3, so the chance of any winning 5 times consecutively is (1/3)^5 = 0.0041 or 0.41%.

No idea what you mean by "AB/AC/BC winning", sorry!
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LEGIT
When: 21 Aug 14 16:12
By AB I mean dutching A&B so if I was to use the same logic you used for A, B & C alone would I be correct in assuming that the percentage of (2/3)^5 = 0.13116 or 13.11%
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longbridge
When: 21 Aug 14 16:41
That works.
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LEGIT
When: 21 Aug 14 17:09
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