Thursday, August 26, 2010

Sock probability

We cut Lyla's hair.


Just kidding.

If you throw 57 random people in a room together, there's a 99% chance that two will have the same birthday. It's on Wikipedia, so it must be true.

Why is it, then, if you sift through 57 random socks in Lyla's drawer, there is only a 3% chance of finding a match?

No comments:

Post a Comment