Mathematicians crunch Melbourne Cup numbers

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Updated November 3, 2009 08:52:36

Australians will bet tens of millions of dollars on the Melbourne Cup runners today, and mathematicians at one Melbourne university are taking a far more scientific approach.

Presenter: Samantha Donovan
Speaker: Dr Anthony Bedford, mathematician at RMIT University

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