The Astrologer's Magazine, and Philosophical Miscellany, Volume 1W. Locke., 1791 - Astrology |
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PAPER II : CURIOUS FROM A INGENIOUS LAWS OF QUESTION 1 .
QUESTIONS Suppose with a common die of fix OŇ CĀRDS , faces I undertake to
throw the ace twice LATE successively ; what is the chance of success ?
PAMPHLET ON ...
PAPER II : CURIOUS FROM A INGENIOUS LAWS OF QUESTION 1 .
QUESTIONS Suppose with a common die of fix OŇ CĀRDS , faces I undertake to
throw the ace twice LATE successively ; what is the chance of success ?
PAMPHLET ON ...
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8+ Questions on Cards . 6 25 09 89 of all the events happening : we shall both
these events happening will be thus therefore for the future place the num
expressed } š , now the product of 5 ber of chances for the happening of an by 5
is 25 ...
8+ Questions on Cards . 6 25 09 89 of all the events happening : we shall both
these events happening will be thus therefore for the future place the num
expressed } š , now the product of 5 ber of chances for the happening of an by 5
is 25 ...
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BY B. able , and may be admitted as truth ; and , in fact , I must confess , is but
one THE short answer to the question , of the many reasons adduced by the “
Why is the Bible called the Testalearned Sir Chriitopher Heyden , in his inent ?
BY B. able , and may be admitted as truth ; and , in fact , I must confess , is but
one THE short answer to the question , of the many reasons adduced by the “
Why is the Bible called the Testalearned Sir Chriitopher Heyden , in his inent ?
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2 : 2 Questions on Cards and Dice . ... QUESTION 22 . Let there be the same
heap as before ; QUESTION 20 . what is the probability that in drawing A person
undertakes , in three casts three of them they fall be the fame three firit , marked A
, B ...
2 : 2 Questions on Cards and Dice . ... QUESTION 22 . Let there be the same
heap as before ; QUESTION 20 . what is the probability that in drawing A person
undertakes , in three casts three of them they fall be the fame three firit , marked A
, B ...
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Questions on Cards and Lotteries . ... fali come out in the order here placed ; that
is , that all the A's all come by 12 , we reduce the expression to whence the odds
are as 7920 out first , the B's next , & c . to i . QUESTION 24 . ( To be continued . )
...
Questions on Cards and Lotteries . ... fali come out in the order here placed ; that
is , that all the A's all come by 12 , we reduce the expression to whence the odds
are as 7920 out first , the B's next , & c . to i . QUESTION 24 . ( To be continued . )
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