Hey everyone,
Happy Thanksgiving. I am dealing with a probability/math problem that I can't even begin to wrap my head around. I figured if anyone could come up with the answer it would probably be someone from The Tank.
I'm wondering what the odds are of something occurring randomly by coincidence. Let's say there have been 572 basketball games played. Person X has has made a wager on a side involving 22 of those 572 games. Person Y has made a wager on a side involving 28 of those 572 games. In total they chose 7 of the same sides. What would the odds be that this occurred randomly and was just a coincidence?
I figure you have to start by realizing that there are 1144 possible choices (572 x 2) but after that I get stuck.
Can anyone help me solve this problem? If you could show how you figured it out it would be much appreciated as I am really curious what the math involved would be.
Thank you so much to anyone who attempts to solve this and once again Happy Thanksgiving.