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Yusupha Jow <[log in to unmask]>
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In a message dated 12/8/99 9:58:22 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
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 { (no of ways to select two people out of a group of 13) / (no of ways for 13
 people to share 12 months)} *  (no of months in year)* (no of ways you can
 assign 11 people  11 months with no sharing of  months)

 >>

Correction my reasoning is very wrong.  So the answer is not 6/13 or 13/24.
Instead the probability is very low.  In fact almost zero, will keep you
posted about the exact answer and theorem.

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