Answer to Question #16771 in Statistics and Probability for sam brown

Question

a matchbox is dropped on the table.
experiments show that it lands:on its end with probability 0.1
on its edge with probability
and the rest of the time with its flat face.
what is the probability that both boxes land on their edges?

Answer 1

P(both boxes land on their edges) = E²,

where E is the probability that the box lands on its edge.