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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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We had a weeks family holiday in Fuerteventura April 2010 (which was extended because of the ash cloud). There was another family at the hotel for the same week that we didnt speak to or get to know.
In 2011 we booked a 2 week holiday in Gran Canaria August and guess what that same family had booked in as well at our hotel. We spoke to them on the 2nd occassion and were amazed at the coincidence.
From the millions of combinations of weeks, countries and hotels, what are the odds of 2 unrelated families booking the same hotel for the same weeks on 2 occassions.
Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:47:25 +0000Coincidence ID:5129
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