document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=581338>Question 581338</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What are the odds that two people would pick the same seven<BR>\n" );
document.write( "books from a list of 150 to read? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "books from a list of 150 to read?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(they will) = 1/150C7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(they won't) = (150C7 - 1)/150C7<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "odds they do = P(they will)/P(they don't) = 1:(150C7 -1)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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