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<blockquote data-quote="frisbeet" data-source="post: 779845" data-attributes="member: 10287"><p>This is not a general solution (equation), since I did a lot of counting for only the 4d6 drop lowest and 5d6 drop 2 lowest methods, but here at least are these results. To check with.</p><p></p><p># ways:</p><p></p><p>oc___3d6____4d6____5d6</p><p></p><p>18____1_____21_____276</p><p>17____3_____54_____610</p><p>16____6_____94_____935</p><p>15____10____131____1111</p><p>14____15____160____1155</p><p>13____21____172____1055</p><p>12____25____167____881</p><p>11____27____148____665</p><p>10____27____122____470</p><p>9_____25____91_____296</p><p>8_____21____62_____170</p><p>7_____15____38_____90</p><p>6_____10____21_____41</p><p>5_____6_____10_____15</p><p>4_____3_____4______5</p><p>3_____1_____1______1</p><p></p><p></p><p>probability:</p><p></p><p>oc___3d6________4d6_________5d6</p><p></p><p>18___0.004630___0.016204___0.035494</p><p>17___0.013889___0.041667___0.078447</p><p>16___0.027778___0.072531___0.120242</p><p>15___0.046296___0.101080___0.142876</p><p>14___0.069444___0.123457___0.148534</p><p>13___0.097222___0.132716___0.135674</p><p>12___0.115741___0.128858___0.113297</p><p>11___0.125000___0.114198___0.085520</p><p>10___0.125000___0.094136___0.060442</p><p>9____0.115741___0.070216___0.038066</p><p>8____0.097222___0.047840___0.021862</p><p>7____0.069444___0.029321___0.011574</p><p>6____0.046296___0.016204___0.005273</p><p>5____0.027778___0.007716___0.001929</p><p>4____0.013889___0.003086___0.000643</p><p>3____0.004630___0.000772___0.000129</p><p></p><p>average</p><p></p><p>3d6: 10.50</p><p></p><p>4d6: 12.24</p><p></p><p>5d6: 13.43</p><p></p><p>98% sure of these results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="frisbeet, post: 779845, member: 10287"] This is not a general solution (equation), since I did a lot of counting for only the 4d6 drop lowest and 5d6 drop 2 lowest methods, but here at least are these results. To check with. # ways: oc___3d6____4d6____5d6 18____1_____21_____276 17____3_____54_____610 16____6_____94_____935 15____10____131____1111 14____15____160____1155 13____21____172____1055 12____25____167____881 11____27____148____665 10____27____122____470 9_____25____91_____296 8_____21____62_____170 7_____15____38_____90 6_____10____21_____41 5_____6_____10_____15 4_____3_____4______5 3_____1_____1______1 probability: oc___3d6________4d6_________5d6 18___0.004630___0.016204___0.035494 17___0.013889___0.041667___0.078447 16___0.027778___0.072531___0.120242 15___0.046296___0.101080___0.142876 14___0.069444___0.123457___0.148534 13___0.097222___0.132716___0.135674 12___0.115741___0.128858___0.113297 11___0.125000___0.114198___0.085520 10___0.125000___0.094136___0.060442 9____0.115741___0.070216___0.038066 8____0.097222___0.047840___0.021862 7____0.069444___0.029321___0.011574 6____0.046296___0.016204___0.005273 5____0.027778___0.007716___0.001929 4____0.013889___0.003086___0.000643 3____0.004630___0.000772___0.000129 average 3d6: 10.50 4d6: 12.24 5d6: 13.43 98% sure of these results. [/QUOTE]
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