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I hope this post and the upvotes were sarcastic. Trying this method 4 times means that you have a 68%* success rate. You'd have to try it 8 times to even get to a 90% success rate.

* To calculate this, chance of success after 4 tries = (1 - chance of failing 4 times in a row) = 1 - 0.75^4 = .68



I meant without gambling. Obviously 25% * 25% * 25% * 25% != 100%.


  25% * 25% * 25% * 25% != 100%
You're doing it wrong...


You mean 1 - 0.75^4 != 1. It is more than even odds, however.




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