Sequential cars
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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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When I lived in Winchester as a boy, my father bought a second-hand car: a green Hillman Minx, registration number GAA 754D. Some time afterwards, our next door neighbours bought a car: a white Hillman Minx, registration number GAA 755D - in other words the next registration number in the sequence. It's not unlikely that a number of Hillman Minxes would be registered in sequence, but what are the chances of two of them ending up next door to each other?
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:33:54 +0000Coincidence ID:3854
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