A 1-in-1000 chance.
12-05-2009, 08:06 AM
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12-05-2009, 09:22 AM
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If you are looking at only the "204" it is 1 in 999. If you are adding the 6 to the equation, it is 1 in 9999.
This thread reminds me off an old Oldsmobile Ciera I used to see parked downtown Charleston, SC with "911 GTR"...it was totally luck of the draw for this car but it made me laugh everytime I saw it.
This thread reminds me off an old Oldsmobile Ciera I used to see parked downtown Charleston, SC with "911 GTR"...it was totally luck of the draw for this car but it made me laugh everytime I saw it.
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12-05-2009, 09:41 AM
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The first part of the plate series is irrelevant...note it's even covered up. There is only one occurrence of the three digit number "204" in a sequential series of three digit groupings. Those groupings can only go as high as 999, therefore, the chance of the combination of three digits in that sequence (2-0-4) occurring in a series of three digit numbers is one in 1,000 because 0-0-0 is also a possibility.
12-05-2009, 09:54 AM
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The first part of the plate series is irrelevant...note it's even covered up. There is only one occurrence of the three digit number "204" in a sequential series of three digit groupings. Those groupings can only go as high as 999, therefore, the chance of the combination of three digits in that sequence (2-0-4) occurring in a series of three digit numbers is one in 1,000 because 0-0-0 is also a possibility.
I don't know which picture you are looking at but there is clearly a 6 at the beginning which is not covered up...(6 cyl engine + 204)
so take your original answer and * by 10..
i will repeat - the chances are 1 in 10000 (4 numbers)
12-05-2009, 10:00 AM
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Thanks - took statistics and understand probability quite well...
I don't know which picture you are looking at but there is clearly a 6 at the beginning which is not covered up...(6 cyl engine + 204)
so take your original answer and * by 10..
i will repeat - the chances are 1 in 10000 (4 numbers)
I don't know which picture you are looking at but there is clearly a 6 at the beginning which is not covered up...(6 cyl engine + 204)
so take your original answer and * by 10..
i will repeat - the chances are 1 in 10000 (4 numbers)
OK....our thought processes are similar. I considered the 6 as irrelevant as not part of the "204" platform identification of the vehicle, or even adjacent to the "204" placement on the plate. If the 6 is supposed to have some meaning, such as cylinder count, my analysis falls short...I probably would have given some consideration if it were a "W", but then we'd be dealing with a universe of 26 for that character!
12-05-2009, 04:43 PM
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OK....our thought processes are similar. I considered the 6 as irrelevant as not part of the "204" platform identification of the vehicle, or even adjacent to the "204" placement on the plate. If the 6 is supposed to have some meaning, such as cylinder count, my analysis falls short...I probably would have given some consideration if it were a "W", but then we'd be dealing with a universe of 26 for that character!
12-05-2009, 07:13 PM
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12-05-2009, 08:33 PM
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Although I liked stats, as you, I HATED accounting
Where did you go to school if I may ask?
12-06-2009, 10:50 AM
#15
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Wayne State University in Detroit, with intended proximity to the auto industry, which, 30 years later looking back....worked as planned.
12-06-2009, 11:12 AM
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As to the road ahead, time will tell - but I hope my story has a similar ending!
Will be going back to my family's stores and can't wait - love the business as well!
