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Re: lottery odds - april 4, 97

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:39:44 -0500, you expressed these thoughts:


>Boston + Dallas =3D 36.0%


I made a similiar statement a few weeks ago and someone replied that
you can't add statiistical probabliities.  You would have to calculate
the actual probability for the Boston & Dallas pick rather than add
the two's individual probability. =20

Maybe someone more knowledgeable tahn me in statistics could help out
here....

- -steve

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