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N is the sample size that you’ve sampled already in your observation. If you’ve sampled all the pages, then we are talking about certainty which this wouldn’t

• blowski 8y ago
  In my example, there’s either 1 page or 19800 pages left. But the post suggests the probability of a typo is the same in both cases.
  • babygoat 8y ago
    It's the probability of finding a typo on a page, not the remainder of the book.
    • blowski 8y ago
      Ah now I see the difference, thank you.
• Koshkin 8y ago
  The assertion was that the probability is less than 3/N.