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How do you calculate %xHKO?
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I asked my friend about this, heres the chat log (I do not know if this is correct or not)

Quote:Me: I have a question in probablities
Me: assume you are in maple
Me: and there is a monster with x HP
Me: and your damage is L~H
Me: what is the probablity to kill it in n hits
Him: oh, I think I know how to solve it
Him: first you move from L~H to 0~K (K being H - L)
Him: then you solve the equation x1 + x2 + x3 + ... + xn = x (with each n being a natural number between 0 and K)
Him: now take this (1 + x + x^2 + x^3... + x^k)^n
Him: and you need to find the coefficient of x^k
Him: you can split it to (1-x^(k+1))^n * (1+x+x^2+x^3.......)^n
Him: then you need to open the finite part with Newton's Binomial
Him: for example if N is 2, you get: (1 - 2x^(k+1) + x^(2k+2)) * (1 + x ...)^n
Him: D(n, x) - 2D(n, x - k - 1) + D(n, x - 2k - 2)
Him: D(n, k) = C(n + k - 1, k)
Him: let me solve that
Him: I think thats the solution, if I didn't have any mistakes
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Him: That circle in the beginning is supposed to be a capital Sigma
Him: This is supposed to give the number of successes, you should divide it with the number of possible options

Edit: he said he had a mistake and that this is the correct solution
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How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Dusk - 2009-08-14, 11:40 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Kortestanov - 2009-08-14, 12:45 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Shidoshi - 2009-08-14, 01:59 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Stereo - 2009-08-14, 02:00 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by KaidaTan - 2009-08-14, 05:29 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-08-14, 05:41 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by modular - 2009-08-14, 06:59 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-08-14, 07:01 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Shidoshi - 2009-08-14, 08:45 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by singularity - 2009-08-15, 06:23 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-08-15, 12:56 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Shady - 2009-08-15, 04:30 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by singularity - 2009-08-18, 12:19 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Stereo - 2009-08-18, 12:29 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-08-18, 12:39 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Dusk - 2009-08-18, 12:57 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by modular - 2009-08-18, 12:57 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-08-18, 01:03 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Dusk - 2009-08-18, 01:21 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Dusk - 2009-08-23, 01:45 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-08-23, 01:56 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by singularity - 2009-08-24, 10:38 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-08-24, 10:51 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Noah - 2009-08-26, 04:38 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by rainbowBean - 2009-12-14, 08:22 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by KaidaTan - 2009-12-14, 09:07 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Stereo - 2009-12-14, 12:19 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by KaidaTan - 2009-12-14, 04:19 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by shouri - 2009-12-14, 04:42 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by KaidaTan - 2009-12-14, 05:02 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-12-14, 08:46 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by shouri - 2009-12-14, 08:56 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Noah - 2009-12-14, 09:32 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Stereo - 2009-12-14, 09:33 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-12-14, 09:40 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by KaidaTan - 2009-12-14, 10:32 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by rainbowBean - 2009-12-14, 11:01 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2009-12-15, 03:50 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by KaidaTan - 2009-12-15, 03:54 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Stereo - 2009-12-15, 03:51 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Noah - 2009-12-16, 09:28 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Stereo - 2010-01-18, 09:17 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Jellyflower - 2010-02-23, 08:30 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Jellyflower - 2010-02-23, 10:18 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by KaidaTan - 2010-02-23, 10:34 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2010-02-23, 10:42 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Noah - 2010-03-06, 06:51 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2010-03-06, 09:08 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Shidoshi - 2010-03-06, 10:40 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2010-03-06, 10:50 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Stereo - 2010-03-06, 11:42 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Noah - 2010-03-06, 12:39 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Russt - 2010-03-06, 02:57 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Noah - 2010-03-08, 12:00 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Kortestanov - 2010-05-03, 08:39 AM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Nikkey - 2010-05-03, 12:11 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Kortestanov - 2010-05-03, 02:16 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by KaidaTan - 2010-05-03, 02:24 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by shouri - 2010-05-03, 02:24 PM
How do you calculate %xHKO? - by Nikkey - 2010-05-03, 02:56 PM

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