Forum:Ratios: need help

I've got a problem. I want to prove to a duelist that's complaining about Konami "exploiting rich duelists" by making Secret Rares, that his thinking is faulty by proving that you have MORE of a chance of getting the Secret Rare card you want from a box, than you would getting the Super Rare card you want from that same box, but I suck at math, and dunno how to calculate ratios of ratios.

Here's my math problem: there are 24 packs in a box, with the ratios of getting a Secret and Super Rare from that box being 1:24 and 1:5, respectively. There are 8 Secrets and 14 Supers in a set. So, how do I calculate the chance of getting the 1:8 Secret Rare card you want from the 1:24 Secret Rare pull from the box, and the chance of getting the 1:14 Super Rare card you want from the 1:5 Super Rares pulled from the box? 66.228.109.2 22:56, November 1, 2009 (UTC)