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The Newton–Pepys problem is a probability problem concerning the probability of throwing sixes from a certain number of dice.
In 1693 Samuel Pepys and Isaac Newton corresponded over a problem posed to Pepys by a school teacher named John Smith. The problem was:
Pepys initially thought that outcome C had the highest probability, but Newton correctly concluded that outcome A actually has the highest probability.
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