SOLUTION: What is the likelihood in a town with a population of 3,874 individuals that there would be two men with the same given name (e.g. Robert) each married to a woman with the same giv

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Question 1176564: What is the likelihood in a town with a population of 3,874 individuals that there would be two men with the same given name (e.g. Robert) each married to a woman with the same given name (e.g. Ruth), resulting in two couples with the same given names?
Answer by ikleyn(52800) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Should I assume that in this town each man is married and every woman is married and there are no unmarried persons ?



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