Skip to content

Comment on How odd is a cluster of plane accidents?

Comments

"But the chance the next crash is on 3 August is (364/365) x (1/365), because the next crash occurs on 3 August only if there is no crash on 2 August."

Why is a crash on 3 August dependent on there being no crash on 2 August? Surely there could be crashes on both 2 August and 3 August.

Because if there was a crash on the 2nd and the 3rd, the one on the 3rd wouldn't be the next crash.

The Aug 3 crash can't be the "next" crash if the "next" crash occurred on Aug 2.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.