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A051889 a(n)=min{m: sum(binomial(n,i)*(1/6)^i*(1-1/6)^(n-i),i=0..m)>=.95}. 0
0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 19 (list; graph; refs; listen; history; internal format)
OFFSET

0,4

COMMENTS

If you toss an idealized (six-sided) dice n times, then the probability of obtaining more than a(n) 6's is <= 5 percent.

CROSSREFS

A039708.

Sequence in context: A140437 A050500 A076885 * A086707 A194920 A072912

Adjacent sequences:  A051886 A051887 A051888 * A051890 A051891 A051892

KEYWORD

easy,nice,nonn

AUTHOR

Klaus Strassburger (strass(AT)ddfi.uni-duesseldorf.de), Dec 15 1999

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