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Argosy University/ Phoniex University/
Nov-2005 - Oct-2011
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Phoniex University
Oct-2001 - Nov-2016
3.2.7.      The great English diarist Samuel Pepys asked his friend Sir Isaac Newton the following q uestion: ls it more likely lo gel al least one 6 when 6 dice are rolled, al least two 6's when 12dice are rolled, or at least t hree 6's when 18 dice are rolled? AfLe.r considerable oorrespondence (see (162)). Newlon convinced t he skeptical Pepys t hat I.he. first event is the most likely. Compu te the t h ree pro babi lities.
3.2.8.      The gunner on a small assaull boat fires six missiles at an attacking plane. Each has a 20% chance of being on targe t. h two or more of the shells find thei r mark, lhe plane will crash. At the same time, t he pilot of the plane fires 10 air-to-su rface rockets,  each of which has a 0.05 chance of critically disahling t he boat. Wha t you ra ther be on the plane or the boa t?
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