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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Car 36
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Randall Hicks
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Wow...of all the possibilities!
Yes, but it's not quite as unlikely as it may seem. By the end of service, the number of wooden cars still in use was dropping, and I'd have to look it up, but something less than 40. Of those, 12 were preserved. So given that Phil picked out a picture of a car he knew we had acquired, the probability that the next car in the train was also preserved is not that small, perhaps 30%.
So remember, friends, when you need help with probability and statistics, just ask your friendly local physicist.
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