I'm being a bit daft here but is 1 in 1,000 the same risk as 10 in 10,000?!
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I'm being a bit daft here but is 1 in 1,000 the same risk as 10 in 10,000?!
I would think so
Yes, from what I worked out mathematically it is.
Simoly think of it like this:
1-1000
And do that ten times so on the left you get 10 and on the right 10,000.
1 in 1000 means that 999 won't get whatever it is you're talking about. 10 in 10,000 means 9990 people won't get whatever you're talking about, so no, it's not the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by lily413
LOL
It is the same.
It obviously is the same as far as numbers go because in either case 1 out of 1000 people will get what you are talking about, however if you think about it logically, if you were to get stuffed in a buliding with 1000 people and everybody got a random number from 1 to 1000 and whoever gets lets say number 645 will get a terrible illness the odds are pretty good for you that you wont get the number, however if in the same setting 10,000 people were to get stuffed in a building and 10 were to get numbers that indicated a terrible illness, mathematically it is the same as far as odds go but thinking rationally it is way more likely you will be in the 9990 out of 10,000 that will be clear, than in the 999 out of 1000 that will be cleared, having said that mathematically obviously its the same, in any given case 1 out of 1000 get it
This is funny because you have obviously been googling your chances of getting something. I often ask my husband to calculate percentages quickly for me when I am googling certain cancer statistics. When he asks why, I just pretend I'm working out something to do with finances lol