With such a high chance of death I’m not using any approximations!
>>> (1-1/20)**20 0.36 >>> (1-1/2)**2 0.25
If you’re being rushed into a decision, you don’t want to calculate at all! Just use the well-known fact that (1−1n)n is an increasing function of n>1 (with limit e−1, as it happens).
With such a high chance of death I’m not using any approximations!
If you’re being rushed into a decision, you don’t want to calculate at all! Just use the well-known fact that (1−1n)n is an increasing function of n>1 (with limit e−1, as it happens).