The probability of getting hit by lightning x times in a lifetime

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Hello, I am not a math student or anything but I was wondering how many times one could get hit by lightning - or the probability thereof - X times in a lifetime from 3X up to 10X if the probability of getting hit once in a lifetime of 80 years is one in 12,000 and the probability of getting it twice was one in nine million. Or, what multiple of X would yield a probability near one in 3.64 billion, whichever is easier. Thanks in advance!

Spencer Lee
 
Hello, I am not a math student or anything but I was wondering how many times one could get hit by lightning - or the probability thereof - X times in a lifetime from 3X up to 10X if the probability of getting hit once in a lifetime of 80 years is one in 12,000 and the probability of getting it twice was one in nine million. Or, what multiple of X would yield a probability near one in 3.64 billion, whichever is easier.
How did you arrive at your values for getting struck once and twice?

Please be complete. Thank you! ;)
 
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