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Mum has five chocolates left in her box
Dad has planted three rows of carrots.
So how many passengers will there be on the last bus to Chingford next Friday fortnight.
There is a jar containing 76 Prunes, Fred eats twice as many as Jim, Mark has eaten 12, which is 60% of Jims total, how many Prunes are left, and who shit themselves first.
This is the Birthday paradox and the answer is initially quite surprizing.
Each player could possibly share a birthday with any of the other 21 players. There are therefore 21x22/2 = 231 combinations.
the chances of 2 birthdays being the same is 1-364/365 to the power 231. or 1- .632 = .368 or almost 37%. If you include the referee, it becomes nearer 50%!