Re:No person who was born blind has ever been diagnosed with...
by petrogradphilos on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @02:36PM
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> (1 - 2e-6)^(3e6) ≈ 0.002
Using the binomial directly is a good way to get the probability of 0 heads. Note, though, that the U.S. population is in the neighborhood of 300 million, not 3 million (as you seem to have used).
Using the binomial directly is a good way to get the probability of 0 heads. Note, though, that the U.S. population is in the neighborhood of 300 million, not 3 million (as you seem to have used).
(1 - 2⋅10⁻⁶)^(3⋅10⁸) ≈ 10⁻²⁶¹
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%281+-+2+*+10%5E-6%29%...