SOLUTION: If you put each day of a year on a different peice of paper and then randomly Choose two dates without replacement, what is the probibilty that you choose two Wednesdays?

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Question 838052: If you put each day of a year on a different peice of paper and then randomly Choose two dates without replacement, what is the probibilty that you choose two Wednesdays?

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Assume you have 52 weeks of 7 days (that's only 364 days).
The probability of the first Wednesday is
P%28W%5B1%5D%29=1%2F7
and the second Wednesday,
P%28W%5B2%5D%29=51%2F363
So for two Wednesdays,
P%282W%29=%281%2F7%29%2851%2F363%29=51%2F2541