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Forum Name: This and that
Topic ID: 68
Message ID: 1
#1, RE: birthday odds
Posted by alexb on Jan-05-01 at 12:45 PM
In response to message #0
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.