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Re: Dud flares and green lasers
By:Chuck in Pa
Date: 12/31/2004, 11:24 am
In Response To: Re: Dud flares and green lasers (Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks)

: I think the standard failure rate is 66%, that is why they come in 3 packs.
: The odds suggest that one in the pack should work.

At 66% failure rate (34% success rate) the odds that none will work is 28.7496%, and the odds that at least one will work are only 71.2504%. Maybe it's just me, but those odds don't seem that great.

I don't think I'd go out in a kayak if there were a 30% chance of it sinking sometime during the day, but that's just me. Maybe Robert Pruden can chime in. :-)

-Chuck

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: Green Lasers?
Thomas Duncan -- 12/30/2004, 4:44 pm
Re: Off Topic: Green Lasers?
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/31/2004, 2:06 pm
Re: Off Topic: Green Lasers?
Jay Doorly -- 12/30/2004, 10:46 pm
Astronomers Love 'Em! *LINK* *Pic*
Kurt Maurer -- 12/30/2004, 7:46 pm
Re: Off Topic: Green Lasers? *LINK*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/30/2004, 4:59 pm
How about Green Lasers blinking S.O.S. *NM*
John Monroe -- 12/31/2004, 4:03 am
Dud flares and green lasers
Robert N Pruden -- 12/30/2004, 5:28 pm
Re: Dud flares and green lasers
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 12/31/2004, 9:00 am
Re: Dud flares and green lasers
Chuck in Pa -- 12/31/2004, 11:24 am
Re: Dud flares and green lasers
Robert N Pruden -- 12/31/2004, 3:58 pm