2025-12-16 17:20 UTC
@alisonkiddle@mathstodon.xyz my first guess was to notice that 1/36 is a little bit less than 3/100, so (1/6)⁴ is a bit less than 9/10000. (1/2)^10 = 10/10240, and I can't decide if that's more or less.
Then I realised that 10 flips vs 4 rolls has the same relationship as 5 flips vs 2 rolls, and 1/32 > 1/36.
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@alisonkiddle@mathstodon.xyz 2025-12-16 21:11
@christianp@mathstodon.xyz I like that one of the most common methods for this boils down to 32 and 36 being easy to work out and compare 😊