for what it's worth, 0.99 ^ 10 ~ 0.90. when percentages are so small, you can add them to get an answer that is approximately correct roughly because (1-x)^n ~= 1-xn for x <<< 1
Small Probabilities Approximation in Machine Learning
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for what it's worth, 0.99 ^ 10 ~ 0.90. when percentages are so small, you can add them to get an answer that is approximately correct roughly because (1-x)^n ~= 1-xn for x <<< 1