Which of the options below is the most effective conclusion to the essay?
The point is, most people don't understand that probability isn't just what happens to you but what happens to
everyone. The Birthday Problem proves that few people understand the odds. In conclusion, think about that the
next time you buy a lottery ticket.
Let's do the math. If there are twenty-four people in the room with you, you have twenty-four chances to find
someone who shares your birthday. Not likely. But if everyone else checks dates with the other twenty-four people,
that is three hundred chances for a match! Pretty likely.
Statistics are often used to convince people that something that feels right or matches their instincts is true. But as
the Birthday Problem shows, the probability of something happening is frequently not what we imagine it to be.
Events and coincidences are often much more likely to occur than we expect.
In one of the Star Wars movies, Han Solo snaps, "Never tell me the odds!" This line is usually thought to mean that
O you shouldn't give up even if it seems your chances are small. But maybe it only goes to show that Commander
Solo should have taken more math classes.