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Question 15856: One couple attracted media attention when their 3 children, born in differnet years were born on July 4, ignoring the leap years, find the probability that 3 randomly selected people were all born on July 4?
Answer by rapaljer(4671) About Me  (Show Source):
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Probability of each child being born on any given day is 1/365 (assuming 365 days in a year!).
Probability of three randomly selected childern being born on a given day will be +%281%2F365%29%5E3+. This is 1 chance in 48,627,125.

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