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document.write( "You can see this is very very unlikely.\r\n" );
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document.write( "If an event is repeated n times with a probability of success \r\n" );
document.write( "each time is p, then the probability of getting exactly x \r\n" );
document.write( "successes is given by the binomial formula:\r\n" );
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document.write( "You case is n=6 trials (rolls)\r\n" );
document.write( "The probability of a success (four) each time is p=1/6  \r\n" );
document.write( "The number of successes x=5\r\n" );
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