SOLUTION: 2 people live 300 miles (3 hours) apart. What are the odds of them meeting each other accidentally?

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Question 480293: 2 people live 300 miles (3 hours) apart. What are the odds of them meeting each other accidentally?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Without any other data or parameters, all that can be said is that the probability is somewhere between 1 (certainty) and 0 (impossibility).

Let's say one of them is an agoraphobic -- never leaves the house. The other refuses to travel further than 290 miles from home. Probability of meeting: Zero.

On the other hand, let's say that they both belong to a Kiwanis Club chapter that meets in a city that lies half-way between them. Probability of meeting: Near certainty.


John

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