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Matt Explains: The Lottery [featuring: Choose Function, Infinite Geometric Series]

2015-11-05

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A video which may or may not be interesting! I'm trying a new "Matt Explains" format because I had a great comment on my "How to get infinitely many lottery tickets" video and I wanted to look at it in detail. I may or may not do this again. Feedback appreciated!

How to get infinitely many lottery tickets:

/youtube/video/pOx_daJT_8c

Read all about the Geometric Series at MathWorld:

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GeometricSeries.html


Standard Issue Probability of Winning the Jackpot
/youtube/video/lP58mP8Wchc?t=80.739998
Add an Infinite Geometric Series
/youtube/video/lP58mP8Wchc?t=686.65002