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Old 06-02-2011, 11:49 AM  
MrMaxwell
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Originally Posted by wehateporn View Post
Prob of Child Missing (not in program) = 1/100 = 0.01
Prob of Child in Program Missing = 2/1000000 = 1/500000 = 0.000002

Statement 1
Prob Child Missing/Prob of Child in Program Missing = 0.01 / 0.000002 = 5000

Statement 2
(Prob of Child in Program Missing/Prob Child Missing)*100 = (0.000002/0.01)*100 = 0.02%

The child within the program has only 0.02% the chance of going missing as the child not in the program, which means (100-0.02) = 99.98% less likely to go missing

Thanks for your help, there.
I didn't want to ask my lady friend, because I didn't want to tell her I didn't know math very well... then she managed to get on GFY and read all of my posts, any way.

Math I can work out, but my mind never liked it and I have my own crude ways of doing things. I can figure out what I need to divide by which and add to a how many and multiply with another thing - I just got lazy

So thanks
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