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Date Co-incidence
Message posted by Saul Denyer (via 195.216.2.218) on January 24, 2002 at 9:51 AM (ET)
Two strangers meet and discover that they married their respective partners on each others birthday. What is the statistical probability of this occuring?
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Re: Date Co-incidence
Message posted by Phil (via 66.32.156.13) on January 24, 2002 at 11:18 PM (ET)
I had almost the exact same probability circumstance arise few months ago. It was the same probability question, only a different scenario. I went to a funeral and the deceased had the same birth and death dates as a relative of mine.For just two people:
(1/365)*(1/365)= (1/133,000)
In other words, the probability is very small.
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