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<blockquote data-quote="Rafter S" data-source="post: 1102600" data-attributes="member: 21194"><p>I'm not a statistician and not smarter than hardly anybody, but I like working with numbers so I'll give it a shot. First, shooting two dice will give a total that can range from 2 to 12. Each person will do that 5 times, so that will give a grand total for each person that will range from a possible low of 10 to a high of 60. So unless I'm confused or missed something, which is always possible, there are 49 possible totals. However, the odds of anyone rolling snake-eyes or boxcars all 5 times has got to be pretty long, so I would think that, while I can't put a number on the odds, with 30 people I'd think you've got a fair chance of a tie.</p><p></p><p>I work with some engineers who are definitely smarter than I am, so if I get a chance I'll run this past one of them and see what they come up with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rafter S, post: 1102600, member: 21194"] I'm not a statistician and not smarter than hardly anybody, but I like working with numbers so I'll give it a shot. First, shooting two dice will give a total that can range from 2 to 12. Each person will do that 5 times, so that will give a grand total for each person that will range from a possible low of 10 to a high of 60. So unless I'm confused or missed something, which is always possible, there are 49 possible totals. However, the odds of anyone rolling snake-eyes or boxcars all 5 times has got to be pretty long, so I would think that, while I can't put a number on the odds, with 30 people I'd think you've got a fair chance of a tie. I work with some engineers who are definitely smarter than I am, so if I get a chance I'll run this past one of them and see what they come up with. [/QUOTE]
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