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minus-squarethemusicman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoCorrect. Not are why people are upvoting. If 10% of numbers are prime in a range, and you always guess false, you get 90% right. If you randomly guess true 10% of the time, you get ~80% right.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoMore random means more towards 50% correctness.
minus-squareptu@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·55 minutes agoAnd 2,3,5,7 are primes of the first numbers, making always false 60% correct and random chance 50%
Correct. Not are why people are upvoting. If 10% of numbers are prime in a range, and you always guess false, you get 90% right. If you randomly guess true 10% of the time, you get ~80% right.
More random means more towards 50% correctness.
And 2,3,5,7 are primes of the first numbers, making always false 60% correct and random chance 50%