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		mirceal on Nov 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Quant Job Interview Questions (2009) [pdf] Why p=.5 for > .7 w/ 2 draws?

thatcat on Nov 13, 2016 [–]

I'm no quant but pretty sure to calculate the probability of two random events you use a union function, basically means probability of an event occurring in a or b. https://people.richland.edu/james/lecture/m170/ch05-rul.html

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