Timeline for probability of two events occurring in same time
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| Sep 20, 2016 at 12:58 | comment | added | jwimberley | @Tim I purposely ignored crossing blocks and stated so in the answer. And you're still assuming that 1 hour is an indivisible unit. If you include the fact that blocks can cross, you must count an infinite number of blocks: 1:00PM to 3:00PM, 1:01PM to 3:01PM, 1:15PM to 3:15PM, 1:15PM + 7 microseconds to 3:15PM + 7 microseconds, etc. Considering overlaps in blocks requires a difficult Poisson process + deadtime analysis; hence the approximation that I stated for my "rough estimate." | |
| Sep 20, 2016 at 12:30 | comment | added | Tim | "There are 8760 hours in a year, and thus 2920 3-hour blocks" - that is not true. There is 8760 - 2 such blocks. You ignore the fact that blocks can cross. | |
| Sep 20, 2016 at 12:06 | history | answered | jwimberley | CC BY-SA 3.0 |