Originally Posted by
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To demonstrate the point I think I have I would prefer a contest to pick a number between 1 and 100,000,000,000 rather than 1 and 100 as the likelihood of ever picking the correct number from 1 in 100 is far greater than from 1 in 100,000,000,000 (even thought the math is essentially the same).
Well, now that you've seen me do the math in one case, you can go ahead and do it for whatever example you want, can't you?