https://www.sulprobil.de/tags/excel-function-sequence/ Recent content in Excel Function SEQUENCE on Sulprobil Hugo en Sun, 31 May 2026 01:56:00 +0100 https://www.sulprobil.de/likelihoods_en/ Sun, 31 May 2026 01:56:00 +0100 https://www.sulprobil.de/likelihoods_en/ <h2 id="abstract">Abstract</h2> <p>If you draw 7 cards from a complete deck of 52 cards without replacement, how likely is it that you will hold 3 aces?</p> <p>Answer: around 0,58%</p> <p><img src="https://www.sulprobil.de/Likelihoods_Drawing_with_or_without_Replacement.png" alt="Likelihoods"></p> <p>A formula solution to calculate likelihoods without replacement for this with Excel 365 or Excel 2021</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>=IFERROR(COMBIN(Elements_Drawn,SEQUENCE(1,Elements_Same + 1,0,1)) * (Elements_Same/Elements_Total)^SEQUENCE(1,Elements_Same + 1,0,1) * IFERROR((1 - Elements_Same/Elements_Total)^(Elements_Drawn-SEQUENCE(1,Elements_Same + 1,0,1)),1),0) </code></pre><p>With replacement it would be</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>=IFERROR(COMBIN(Elements_Same,SEQUENCE(1,Elements_Same + 1,0,1))*COMBIN(Elements_Total - Elements_Same,Elements_Drawn-SEQUENCE(1,Elements_Same + 1,0,1))/COMBIN(Elements_Total,Elements_Drawn), 0) </code></pre><p>These named ranges were defined:</p>