Originally Posted by
SultryVoltron
The time frame the trials occur in has nothing to do with how many trials occur. It could take me 15 years to flip a coin 1000 times, but as long a I get there, who cares how long it took? Speaking in terms of calculating probabilities I mean. Of course, Kite was trying to calculate the probability of landing a snare, not the frequency of landing a snare.
The likelihood of a success is based on the number of trials in a binomial distribution. It has nothing to do with the timeframe. More trials = more likely to get a success.
Which is entirely not true. The success rate is determined by what you consider a success. In this case, a success is considered to be a snare landing. Thus, if any snare lands, regardless of how many pets are there, it is a success. So, one pet would have the same chance of a successful snare as two pets, 4/18 = 2/9 = 8/36 = 16/72 = .222222
Here's a few examples of you talking about landrate, although maybe you didn't know that because you don't know what you're talking about:
Hope I answered those questions suitably.