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Re: What are the chances of you getting an heirloom in Apex Legends?

@RockDokRockwhat math is that?

If your math was applied to a coinflip, than getting heads 4 times means you have 200% chance for tails?

I never knew % chances were stacking each unsuccesful roll.

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    RockDokRock
    Seasoned Ace
    5 years ago

    @damsonwhufndthis Basic high school probability.

    Taking the claim at face value.  Each pack has an independent probability of 0.5% or 0.005 of having an heirloom (worst case in the claim of 0.5% to 1%.

    The chance of *NOT* getting an heirloom in an individual pack therefore must be 99.5% (.995).

    If I have 250 apex packs the probability of not getting an heirloom in any of them is .995^{250}.  This is approx 28.5%

    Therefore you have a probability of 71.5% of getting at least 1 heriloom in 250 packs if the individual probability weights for an heirloom (per pack) are 0.5%.

    In practice these weights may vary, I get that, but for the sake of example the values suggested clearly aren't right.  They will be *far far* lower.

    Yes?

    % chances don't "stack".  I have no idea what you are on about.

    - DR