So how do I turn all of that into something reasonably neat use in my
caculations for column B?

"Jerry W. Lewis" wrote:

> Assuming fair dice
>
> 4 can occur only if each die shows a 1: prob=1/6^4
>
> 5 can occur if 1 die shows 2 and the rest show 1: prob=COMBIN(4,1)/6^4
>
> 6 can occur if 1 die shows 3 and the rest show 1: prob=COMBIN(4,1)/6^4
> or if 2 dice show 2 and the rest show 1: prob=COMBIN(4,2)/6^4
> (add the two probabilities)
>
> 7 can occur if 1 die shows 4 and the rest show 1: prob=COMBIN(4,1)/6^4
> or if 1 die shows 3, 1 die shows 2 and the rest show 1:
> prob=MULTINOMIAL(1,1,2)/6^4
> or if 3 dice show 2 and 1 die shows 1: prob=COMBIN(4,1)/6^4
>
> ....
>
> Jerry
>
> Al wrote:
>
> > Column a is a list of possible results that can be generated by the use of 4
> > six sided dice together ranging from 4-24. What I want to calculate in
> > column B is the number of combinations that the dice can produce that would
> > total to any given result.
> >
> > How do I do this? Can I do this?
> >
>
>