probability of birth year

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If you are told that a randomly selected mystery person was born in the 1990's, what is the probability of guessing his/her exact birth date (including year)?

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of days from January 1st, 1990 to December 31st, 1999
= 10*365 + 2 [ for leap years 1992 & 1996 }
= 3652
since we need exact date and year,
required. probability
= 1 / 3652

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