Suppose that you use a super-fast computer to measure a system's macropartition a billion times a second. What is the approximate probability of the least-probable macropartition that you might plausibly see in your lifetime? Select the closest response.
A) 1 chance in a million $\left(10^{6}\right)$
B) 1 chance in a billion $\left(10^{9}\right)$
C) 1 chance in a trillion $\left(10^{12}\right)$
D) 1 chance in $10^{15}$
E) 1 chance in $10^{18}$
F) 1 chance in $10^{21}$

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If you measure a billion times a second, over a typical human lifetime (around 80 years), you would have approximately $10^{18}$ measurements. Thus, the least-probable macropartition you might see would have a probability of about 1 in $10^{18}$.

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