this entire conversation is off topic, fight me.
You cant just multiply the top number, you have to multiply the bottom number as well.
edit: also, if saying my arguments are specious or fallacious how come I can hunt for something that's 1/2 for a rare monster and nearly never get it.
On previous servers, I've hunted Frozen Shooter from the Hildetorr which is a 1/2 drop on the right ID. If your statement about probability math is correct, then technically it shouldn't have taken me very long to obtain it right? Then how come I've spent a total of 5 years on Gamecube trying to find a Frozen Shooter from Hildetorrs at a 1/2 ratio and have never found one?
Also, just because it's Gamecube, does not mean the math is different. The math is the same, don't try that.
There are multiple ways to prove I'm right. And very few to prove otherwise.
Regardless, it doesn't matter what ratio you have, luck plays the biggest part in everything that drops. You can have a 99.98/100 drop rate on an item, and it's seemingly most likely that it'll drop on one monster kill, but ultimately, it is up to the fate of RNG to decide that for you. The chances are very high, but RNG still plays the ultimate deciding factor in whether something drops for you or not. You can't deny this or show any proof of this not being the case, as it's been this way since the games creation.