Can someone please explain step by step how to calculate the probability that 3 siblings would each have their "Golden Birthday" in the same year?
"Golden Birthday"= The year in which you turn "X" years old if your birthday is the "Xth" day of any given month. (My birthday is Feb 4th 1980 so my "golden birthday" year was 1984, when I turned 4. If your birthday is the 15th of the month, it would be whatever year you turned 15, so on & so forth. . . )
Here are the facts:
Oldest was born the 24th of September,
Middle was born the 21st of October,
Youngest was born the 16th of December
AND ALL IN THE SAME YEAR:
Oldest turned 24yrs old,
Middle turned 21yrs old, AND
Youngest turned 16yrs old.
What is the statistical likelihood of this happening in any given family in any given year? What are the odds of this happening when 3 siblings are involved?
2007-01-29
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