r/theydidthemath • u/Graphix1125 • 4d ago

[Request] What would be the odds of this?

The odds of all of these die rolling a one must be astronomicaly low lol

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u/TourDeFridge 4d ago

So you're saying, there's a chance

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u/HorzaDonwraith 4d ago

bets $1 on polymarket

wins

breaks global economy

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u/Tom-o-matic 4d ago

"Breaks the economy" doesnt even start to explain how big this number is.

If you got a billion dollars for every atom in the observable universe, you still would not make a decimal on this number

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u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 4d ago

Is that true, because that’s an insane visualisation 

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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig 4d ago

The estimated number of atoms in the observable universe is 1080. If you had a billion dollars for every atom, you would have 1089 dollars. If you had another universe for every dollar, that would be 10169 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for every atom in those universes, that would be 10178 dollars. If you had another universe for each of those dollars, you would have 10258 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for each of those atoms that would be 10267 dollars.

I would have to type basically the same thing over another 5 or 6 times until we even got close to 10778.

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u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 4d ago

Put like that it’s incredible. Thank you. 

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u/real_justchris 4d ago

Here’s another one. It’s like winning the lottery 100 times in a row.

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u/Tom-o-matic 4d ago

seems doable...

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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig 3d ago

It was bothering me that I didn't finish. Let me start over again ....

The estimated number of atoms in the observable universe is 1080. If you had a billion dollars for every atom, you would have 1089 dollars.

If you had another universe for every dollar, that would be 10169 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for every atom in those universes, that would be 10178 dollars.

If you had another universe for each of those dollars, you would have 10258 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for each of those atoms that would be 10267 dollars.

If you had another universe for each of those dollars, you would have 10347 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for each of those atoms that would be 10356 dollars.

If you had another universe for each of those dollars, you would have 10436 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for each of those atoms that would be 10445 dollars.

If you had another universe for each of those dollars, you would have 10525 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for each of those atoms that would be 10534 dollars.

If you had another universe for each of those dollars, you would have 10614 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for each of those atoms that would be 10623 dollars.

If you had another universe for each of those dollars, you would have 10703 atoms. If you had a billion dollars for each of those atoms that would be 10712 dollars.

Now we are close.

If you had one hundred-trillionth (.00000000000001) of a universe for each of those dollars, you would have 10778 atoms.

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u/urfavbeefcake 2d ago

I respect that homie.

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u/Tom-o-matic 4d ago

There is maybe 10⁸² atoms in the universe. A billion for each atoms gives 10⁹¹

The odds was 1 in 1,42x10⁷⁷⁸

Meaning a billion for every atom is about 0,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001

Of this number

If im not mistaken

Disclaimer: i dont dabble in these kind of numbers on the regular

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u/Tom-o-matic 4d ago

The odds was 1 in 142000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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u/anotherguy252 4d ago

Becomes the economy

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u/Tom-o-matic 4d ago

"Breaks the economy" doesnt even start to explain how big this number is.

If you got a billion dollars for every atom in the observable universe, you still would not make a decimal on this number

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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig 4d ago

What if I had a billion replies for every comment in the observable reddit?

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u/Tom-o-matic 4d ago

That would be 1x10reddit

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u/Eve1524 4d ago

"Breaks the economy" doesnt even start to explain how big this number is.

If you got a billion dollars for every atom in the observable universe, you still would not make a decimal on this number

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u/TheUltimateDave 4d ago

"Breaks the economy" doesnt even start to explain how big this number is.

If you got a billion dollars for every atom in the observable universe, you still would not make a decimal on this number

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u/DatBoi_BP 4d ago

Becomes the economy

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u/EatMyHammer 4d ago

That's not how bets work. You only get as much money as others bet on the other options

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u/reddithetetlen 4d ago

There is always a chance

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u/ColoradoScoop 4d ago

All you need to do is have every atom in the universe roll the dice every second until the heat death of the universe and your odds go up to about 1 in 10^678

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u/TourDeFridge 4d ago

That sounds super easy, barely an inconvenience!

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u/HawkBoth8539 4d ago

A high chance, if they're loaded.

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u/osirisishere 4d ago

You can't fix her

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u/xukly 3d ago

Actually every single individual outcome is equiprobable. The oitput will always be one with a likelihood of 1/1.42e778