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Contest closed - 3 Winners announced!

lunadelmar
Posts: 13016
Joined: Jan 27, 2007 4:31 am
Posted: Mar 28, 2017 3:35 pm
kaymast24
Posts: 4266
Joined: Mar 06, 2009 3:36 pm
Posted: Mar 28, 2017 4:22 pm
Hope everyone is enjoying their week!
shirlsplay
Posts: 17011
Joined: Apr 28, 2010 4:57 pm
Posted: Mar 28, 2017 5:57 pm
Happy Tuesday ev1 .... Good luck smile
herlis
Posts: 14558
Joined: Oct 13, 2016 6:23 am
Posted: Mar 28, 2017 6:10 pm
GoodMorning Wednesday!
TDTAT
Posts: 109275
Joined: Mar 11, 2006 7:06 pm
Posted: Mar 28, 2017 6:52 pm
gjr1961:
That is strange....what are the odds? smile smile smile


I did a bit a research and it looks like the odds, or really the probability, is not as low as I thought. I looked at the "birthday paradox" as an example. Birth dates and death dates are interchangeable in my mind because everyone has one of each.

So... if you have 367 people in a room it is 100% certain that at least 2 of them will have the same birth date because there are only 365 days in a year (leap years excluded). The birthday paradox states (calculates) that with only 70 people the probability is 99.9% that at least 2 people will share the same birthday and the probability is 50% with only 20 people. With a fairly large family I guess the probability is high that 2 people will share a birth date (or a death date). The fact that the two people who share a death date in this instance happen to be my grandfathers makes the calculations way beyond my math skills, so I will just stick with "it's weird". smile
gjr1961
Posts: 3690
Joined: Sep 30, 2006 8:05 pm
Posted: Mar 28, 2017 7:03 pm
TDTAT:
gjr1961:
That is strange....what are the odds? smile smile smile


I did a bit a research and it looks like the odds, or really the probability, is not as low as I thought. I looked at the "birthday paradox" as an example. Birth dates and death dates are interchangeable in my mind because everyone has one of each.

So... if you have 367 people in a room it is 100% certain that at least 2 of them will have the same birth date because there are only 365 days in a year (leap years excluded). The birthday paradox states (calculates) that with only 70 people the probability is 99.9% that at least 2 people will share the same birthday and the probability is 50% with only 20 people. With a fairly large family I guess the probability is high that 2 people will share a birth date (or a death date). The fact that the two people who share a death date in this instance happen to be my grandfathers makes the calculations way beyond my math skills, so I will just stick with "it's weird". smile


Thanks for the information...I agree with sticking with "it's weird" smile
DON'T WORRY ~ smile ~ BE HAPPY!!!
gjr1961
Posts: 3690
Joined: Sep 30, 2006 8:05 pm
Posted: Mar 28, 2017 7:06 pm
DON'T WORRY ~ smile ~ BE HAPPY!!!
luckyma55
Posts: 4985
Joined: Mar 23, 2008 11:21 am
Posted: Mar 29, 2017 12:02 am
I am sitting here eating an easter bunny (chocolate, of course), and posting a pic of the Easter bunny!!!! smile
zulkarneyn
Posts: 1277
Joined: Dec 11, 2015 10:54 pm
Posted: Mar 29, 2017 4:37 am
smile
lunadelmar
Posts: 13016
Joined: Jan 27, 2007 4:31 am
Posted: Mar 29, 2017 2:29 pm
I love this little egg, so so sweet!
luckyma55
Posts: 4985
Joined: Mar 23, 2008 11:21 am
Posted: Mar 29, 2017 6:50 pm
I hope the easter bunny brings me a basket of eggs filled with 2 new knees. I could use them today! smile I did too much yesterday!
RGALP
Posts: 5577
Joined: May 03, 2006 8:41 am
Posted: Mar 29, 2017 7:32 pm
Hi.....
gjr1961
Posts: 3690
Joined: Sep 30, 2006 8:05 pm
Posted: Mar 29, 2017 8:38 pm
DON'T WORRY ~ smile ~ BE HAPPY!!!
macos20006
Posts: 11456
Joined: Aug 17, 2006 12:16 am
Posted: Mar 29, 2017 9:04 pm
kaymast24
Posts: 4266
Joined: Mar 06, 2009 3:36 pm
Posted: Mar 29, 2017 10:20 pm
Anyone have big Easter plans?
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