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13 years 10 months ago #84173
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OK, for all people who think that there s an equal distribution of stickers...time to destroy your childhood innocence.
And an excuse to use some mathematics here (it s early, I m dividing my attention between this post and the twins so I hope no mistakes ).
I m only using approximations to keep it simpler....
There are 640 stickers in total (1 to 638 + 00 + 000).
Ali needs 84. If the stickers follow a uniform distribution then the chance he doesn t have a random sticker is 84/640 (= 13.125%). Call this probability p.
[This is where I cheat, this isn t binominal, because after 1 sticker Ali s probability changes to 83/640 etc...]
I have 138 unique doubles. This is our n.
Call X = the amount of stickers Ali doesn t have.
The expectation E(X) = n x p.
So out of my 138 doubles Ali shouldn t have 138 x 84/640 = 18.1125 so about 18 stickers.
How many of Ali s wanted list do I have? Well, only 2 (202 and 204 to be precise).
The chances of only having 2 or less = 8.777 x 10^-7, or 0.0000008777.
Or to put it simpler, a 1 in 1,139,319 chance.
I ll stop here, but this is clear enough to show this isn t random...and sorry Ali, you can have the two if you want though .
And an excuse to use some mathematics here (it s early, I m dividing my attention between this post and the twins so I hope no mistakes ).
I m only using approximations to keep it simpler....
There are 640 stickers in total (1 to 638 + 00 + 000).
Ali needs 84. If the stickers follow a uniform distribution then the chance he doesn t have a random sticker is 84/640 (= 13.125%). Call this probability p.
[This is where I cheat, this isn t binominal, because after 1 sticker Ali s probability changes to 83/640 etc...]
I have 138 unique doubles. This is our n.
Call X = the amount of stickers Ali doesn t have.
The expectation E(X) = n x p.
So out of my 138 doubles Ali shouldn t have 138 x 84/640 = 18.1125 so about 18 stickers.
How many of Ali s wanted list do I have? Well, only 2 (202 and 204 to be precise).
The chances of only having 2 or less = 8.777 x 10^-7, or 0.0000008777.
Or to put it simpler, a 1 in 1,139,319 chance.
I ll stop here, but this is clear enough to show this isn t random...and sorry Ali, you can have the two if you want though .
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13 years 10 months ago #84174
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How far are you in completing the album Retrieving? The mathematician is curious .
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I must ve completed half the album (did not bother counting but that s about it) and I have like 40~ doubles.
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How far are you in completing the album Retrieving? The mathematician is curious .
I must ve completed half the album (did not bother counting but that s about it) and I have like 40~ doubles.
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13 years 10 months ago #84330
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@Ali:
From the 84 stickers you needed last post, I now have the following double: 39, 74, 137, 202, 204, 240, 410, 451, 604.
If you want them just PM me. I ll try to keep a look out for others you need at school.
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Interesting. About 320 from 360 you have are unique. I ll have to check my doubles to see how I m doing.
At the moment I need 193 from the 640. Luckily I have the 00 and 000 stickers this time around, took me ages last time .
No teams complete yet. I ll post some more info soon.
From the 84 stickers you needed last post, I now have the following double: 39, 74, 137, 202, 204, 240, 410, 451, 604.
If you want them just PM me. I ll try to keep a look out for others you need at school.
@Retrieving:
Interesting. About 320 from 360 you have are unique. I ll have to check my doubles to see how I m doing.
At the moment I need 193 from the 640. Luckily I have the 00 and 000 stickers this time around, took me ages last time .
No teams complete yet. I ll post some more info soon.
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13 years 10 months ago #84353
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IK GA NU WERKE, CHECK ZE VANAVOND WEL. BEDANKT ALVAST
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13 years 10 months ago #84459
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39, 74, 137, 202, 204, 410, 604. deze heb ik nodig rock. Ik pm je mn adres wel oke? Mijn dubbele zijn bij mn kleine neefjes. K probeer de dubbele jouw ook te sturen, welke jij nodig hebt. Stuur ook alvast nr s die je nodig hebt.
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13 years 10 months ago #84463
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Is goed! Ik stuur ze dan z.s.m. op.
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13 years 10 months ago #84471
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Hoeft niet rock. heb wat gekocht vandaag. heb er nog 34 nodig. de rest ga ik van panini s website bestellen. bedankt nog voor de hulp.
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13 years 9 months ago #85056
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Down to 172 stickers needed. Getting closer to the magic 50 .
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13 years 9 months ago #85142
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118 stickers left. Trying to get kids to swap now only 68 left till the magic send-away-for-the-last-50-mark .
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