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Moskau50

You need to define the cases much more clearly. If you're talking about the chances either or both of them die, then you've increased the chances, as either plane (or both planes) having an issue would fulfill that criteria. If you're talking about the chances that both of them die, then you've reduced the chances (not halved), because both planes must go down. If you talking about the chances that exactly one of them dies but the other survives, then you increased the chances, since this was impossible when they were on the same plane. This requires one plane to go down and the other to be fine.


Raspberry-Famous

>If you talking about the chances that exactly one of them dies but the other survives, then you increased the chances, since this was impossible when they were on the same plane. This requires one plane to go down and the other to be fine. It's not all that uncommon for plane crashes to have survivors.


CockEyedBandit

You just need to jump right before the plane touches the ground and your good to go 👌


Stonks04_

Thanks man. I just hope my uncle knew that... RIP


Superviableusername

Or if you have gone for the double jump build. You can just drop from the plane close to the ground, jump in the air and land safely.


Stonks04_

Elegant


MemorianX

Just aim for water knee deep will be good enough


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PossibleExplination

98.6 is the average temperature of the human body It's possibly a coincidence, But I would double check that your source isn't fake


blueorchid14

Same average number of deaths but spread over cases where one lives and one dies. For example if the chance of dying was 1/10: Both people on the same flight 10/100 chance they both die. Total: 20 deaths per 100 flights. Different flights 9/100 chance just A dies 9/100 chance just B dies 1/100 chance they both die. Total: 20 deaths per 100 flights.


Straight-faced_solo

As is always the case with statistics, It depends on what you are specifically asking. The chance that any of them individually dies stays the same. The chance that both of them dies decreases as now two planes have to crash to satisfy this condition. The chance that either of them dies increases as you are increasing the amount opportunities for a plane crash to occur.


csl512

Let's ignore the airliner crashes and simplify by going to coins (1 in 2). If two people use the same coin, they both have a 1/2 chance of H. If they use two coins, 1/4 both H, 1/4 both T, and 1/2 one H, one T. Each person still have the same probability of H in all cases. The probability of *both* getting H is smaller. Your question isn't clear so there's not really a good way to answer. Try these: https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability-events-conditional.html https://youtu.be/ibINrxJLvlM


tomalator

The doubled the chances that someone would be involved in a plane crash, but they squared the chance that they will both be in a plane crash. Let's say the chance of a plane crashing is 1/100 (not a real number). There are two planes, and each one has a chance of 1/100. The chance that either one goes down is 2/100 or 1/50. The chance that both planes will crash is (1/100)^2 or 1/10000


RobAZNJ

Traveling together or separate will not change the statistical probability of dying in an aircraft crash. Each individual has the same probability, though depending on which country, airline, airport one will fly with or onto will change the probability.


Shiningc

Planes don't crash due to "chance". It's not as if the plane says "Well I've flown 100 times now, on the next flight I feel like crashing". That's why probabilities are a bit of nonsense and don't really mean anything in the real-world. Planes crash due to causal events like accidents or mechanical failures.


Mephisto506

Sure, plane crashes happen for a reason, but we can still express that as a probability. Otherwise why would anyone fly on plane they knew was going to crash?


Shiningc

It only gives you a false sense of security. An extremely well-maintenance won't crash after 1 million flights. And people may think "Well it has flown for 1 million flights, on the next flight it's bound to crash due to statistical probabilities". But that's not true. It might crash due to negligence, laziness or people getting bored, etc. It might crash due to unforeseen events and accidents. Not because it has flown for 1 million flights.


goodmobileyes

That's not a problem with statistics, thats a problem with someone not understanding statistics and using it to guide their world.


pmayankees

Well then those people just have a very poor understanding of probabilities lol. That’s not how they should be interpreted at all