Same Birthdate Across a Generation
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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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Many years ago I worked with a young woman who I discovered was having her 21st birthday on the same day as me (29 March 1952). We were discussing the probability of meeting somebody with the same birthdate, but then discovered that our mothers were also born on the same day (2 March 1925)!
Date submitted:Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:21:00 +0000Coincidence ID:6719
