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| You add "Hang on, this is big β I'm going to loop in Carly Rae Jepsen", dial another random 10-digit number, and she picks up | | You add "Hang on, this is big β I'm going to loop in Carly Rae Jepsen", dial another random 10-digit number, and she picks up | ||
β | | Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer. As Canada uses the 10-digit {{w|North American Numbering Plan}}, the odds of a random number being hers would be (1/10)<sup>10</sup> = 0.00000001%. Like Obama, this ignores the possibility that she has multiple phones or that she doesn't answer personally. | + | | Carly Rae Jepsen is a Canadian singer. As Canada uses the 10-digit {{w|North American Numbering Plan}}, the odds of a random number being hers would be 1 - (1/10)<sup>10</sup> = 0.00000001%. Like Obama, this ignores the possibility that she has multiple phones or that she doesn't answer personally. |
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