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xkcd #3015: D&D Combinatorics (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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Look, you can't complain about this after giving us so many scenarios involving N locked chests and M unlabeled keys.

https://explainxkcd.com/3015/

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[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I was gonna say, sounds like a great use-case for quantum statistics. Until the roll, each arrow is in a superposition where it can be said to be simultaneously cursed and normal. Luck check for each shot until all of either are fully gone.

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