Probabilities and Odds

Leo2Leo · #1 Feb 16, 2008, 01:35 PM

In a country of 2,000,000 with less than 10 cell phones per 100 inhabitants, what is the probability that if a natural disaster kills 500,000 people, your neighbor will have a cell phone you can borrow>

xphelper · Feb 17, 2008, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo2Leo

In a country of 2,000,000 with less than 10 cell phones per 100 inhabitants, what is the probability that if a natural disaster kills 500,000 people, your neighbor will have a cell phone you can borrow>

The probability of someone actually trying to answer this is none. The odds of someone providing a subsequent response is zero. However, you did have me thinking for a minute though...



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