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Quotes talk:09 17

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Revision as of 19:38, 17 September 2006 by Serenity (talk | contribs) (some statistical thoughts)

Roll the hard six[edit]

Might be a need for a short article about this topic, because I have had to explain this a few times in the past. Or add it to the List of terms (RDM). Thinking of an short article because derived content: geometry->cube->six sides->dice->game->statistics->hard six. --FrankieG 13:08, 17 September 2006 (CDT)

I'll add it in a bit after I think about what to say. It should be easy, since it only means rolling a 3 on two dice. --Talos 13:13, 17 September 2006 (CDT)
Saying that it comes from rolling dice (craps) and that rolling two threes is statistically twice as hard as other combinations should be fine. --Serenity 13:30, 17 September 2006 (CDT)
Well, I'll add a blurb to the terms page and write a short article on the saying later today. How does that sound? --Talos 13:51, 17 September 2006 (CDT)
Sure :) --Serenity 13:52, 17 September 2006 (CDT)

Btw, mathematics isn't my strong suit, but if you look at the all the possible outcomes there are a 6² = 36 combinations. So the chance to get a 3-3 is what? 2 in 36? Not sure if what I wrote about "twice as hard" is right though. I though because you have two combinations for 4.2 and 2-4 for example as opposed to one for 3-3.
In any case the hard six and hard eight pay the best in craps: 9 to 1 --Serenity 14:38, 17 September 2006 (CDT)