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    Oct 3, 2008, 11:05 PM
    Probability of 3/5 racers having the same time
    Hello,

    I play a game called Burnout3, it's a racing game for the Xbox. We had a match where 3 of the 5 racers in the room all had the same last 2 digits of their time be the same.

    The final times were

    Player 1 03.42.88
    Player 2 03:21.72
    Player 3 03:46:88
    Player 4 03:33:88
    Player 5 03:37:57


    What are the odds of the last 2 digits of 3 players being the same?
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    Oct 5, 2008, 08:24 PM

    Perhaps very low, but it is possible.
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    Oct 10, 2008, 01:35 PM

    The probability that the last two digits match for 3 of the 5 times is:

    (1/100)^2*99/100*98/100*10 = .00097, or slightly less than 1 in a 1000.
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