Probability puzzler!

Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW

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 But the reason the coin flip is 1/2 is that there are only two possibilities. Heads or tails.(Assuming we eliminate the near zero chance of it landing on an edge) However if I asked someone thier birthday there are more than 2,134,521 possible answers. 

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Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

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No, there are 366 possible answers, if you asked them their birth DATE.

 

The probability of a person having been born on a given DAY would be variable based on that person's age. It would be an asymmetrical bell curve.

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Originally posted by: Dan Svatass

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So much bad math here.

 

The odds of two randomly-selected people both having been born on a February 29th are one in two million, one hundred thirty four thousand, five hundred and twenty one.

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Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

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Uhhh...that's what jstewart and I said.

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Originally posted by: LiveFreeNW

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Did he just accuse you of being wrong, then ask an AI, then copy and paste it's response before realizing it agreed with you? Or is he just accusing you of coming up with the exact correct answer with bad math? I'm so confused. 

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Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis

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Pretty hard for me or anyone else to come up with that figure using "bad math." Besides, if I ever see any bad math, I send it upstairs to its room and it doesn't get any supper.

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