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Deborah Cox (Guest)
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Jan-05-01, 12:26 PM (EST)
 
"birthday odds"
 
   Hello,

I would do like to have your help finding a solution for this little question.

I tried to find an answer in many sit's, but without sucess.
It's a birthday odd question. What are the odds of a man meet a woman who shares the same DAY and HOUR of birth (ex. march 25th at 9:00 am). If you cannot help me with solving it, can you indicate a site that I should look up for?

Thanks for your attention,

debbie
They're not born at the same year.


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Jan-05-01, 12:45 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: birthday odds"
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   Two people have a birthday on the same day with the probability of 1/365, and within the same hour with the probability 1/24. The answer to your question is the product 1/24 · 1/365.


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