What are the odds? P
Im trying to work out the chances of these events cashing ilk try and explain the problem.
Both events happen within the same 20 day window. Both events take half a day however event A can only happen in the morning where as event B can also take place in the afternoon.
Event A has three occurances
Event B has six occurances
Each occurance requires its own slot(event B cant happen twice at the same time)
What are the odds that events A and B clash?
Both events happen within the same 20 day window. Both events take half a day however event A can only happen in the morning where as event B can also take place in the afternoon.
Event A has three occurances
Event B has six occurances
Each occurance requires its own slot(event B cant happen twice at the same time)
What are the odds that events A and B clash?
Original post by skeptical_john
Im trying to work out the chances of these events cashing ilk try and explain the problem.
Both events happen within the same 20 day window. Both events take half a day however event A can only happen in the morning where as event B can also take place in the afternoon.
Event A has three occurances
Event B has six occurances
Each occurance requires its own slot(event B cant happen twice at the same time)
What are the odds that events A and B clash?
Both events happen within the same 20 day window. Both events take half a day however event A can only happen in the morning where as event B can also take place in the afternoon.
Event A has three occurances
Event B has six occurances
Each occurance requires its own slot(event B cant happen twice at the same time)
What are the odds that events A and B clash?
What have you tried?
Original post by RDKGames
What have you tried?
I've tried it using the back of a fag packet maths but dont have much faith in my workings. Came out to about 60% of no clash.
(edited 7 years ago)
Event A can happen any three of the 20 days and does not matter when.
So chance of event B not clashing is
37/40 * 36/39 * 35/38 * 34/37 * 33/36 * 32/35 which is about 60%
So chance of event B not clashing is
37/40 * 36/39 * 35/38 * 34/37 * 33/36 * 32/35 which is about 60%
(edited 7 years ago)
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