Friday, August 7, 2009

Are You a Math Person?

Last night I was sleeping and Andy came in, wiped my eye, which woke me up, and then I heard a slap. I asked him what it was and he said, "A mosquito."
I woke up this morning and my eye felt really funny. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and looked in the mirror.
"That's why my eye feels weird! It's halfway swollen shut!"
When I went to show Andy he told me the story about the mosquito in the night which I had no remembrance of.
Now, let me ask you: Are you a math person?

If Nicole has been bitten on her eyelid (by mosquito/spider/etc.) three times in the last two years and woken up with a swollen eye, what is the probability of this happening the night before her wedding day?