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Schuy7
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Schuy7 asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 1 decade ago

Probability Problem??????????

I was joking around with my brother when I told him I would randomly select one of the Eagles' player's birthday (Sept. 17, which I chose randomly) and I landed on a player and looked at his biography and it was September 17th as I predicted.

What is the probability that this occurs?

- 53 players on the roster

- 365 days in a year to chose from

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  • Spoonrad
    1 decade ago
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    Well, each player out of 53 has a birthday out of 365 days each

    So P = (1/53 * 1/365) * 53 = 1/365 because you first you choose the player then the birthday, but each player has a birthday. You may want to try going to a casino ;)

  • alabaster
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    1/53 x 1/365 = 1/19345

    which is 0.000052 which in turn is 0.0052%

  • CogitoErgoCogitoSum
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The real question is, how many people are in the band? Of them, how many unique birthdays are there? And finally, how many of them did you know?

  • Lindy War
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    unless it's leap year

    Source(s): D- in probability and statistics
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