Formula for the perfect marriage proposal date revealed

[Calypso 464]

Just in time for Valentine's Day, Australia statisticians have created a formula that predicts the best time to propose to your partner.

The equation, developed by a team of researchers at the University of New South Wales's School of Mathematics and Statistics, employs the age at which the user starts looking for a long-term partner and the absolute oldest they want to be when they get married.

"Applying maths to matters of the heart is always a dangerous prospect. In human life when you're dealing with emotions you have to think much harder," professor Tony Dooley told the Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper.

"But if you want to work out the right moment to start getting serious, this actually gives you a mathematical framework to think about it."

While it does not work for everyone, the university's statisticians claim a success rate of almost 40 per cent.

Similar equations are used in the finance and medical sectors to pinpoint when to take action to maximise rewards and minimise costs.

Scientists also found an individual's body odour could woo an ideal lover.

They believe each person's unique scent helps attract a partner who'll produce genetically stronger children.

Prof Rob Brooks, director of evolution and ecology at the University of NSW, studied subjects who sniffed the armpits of T-shirts worn by the opposite sex for several days.

Results showed people were usually attracted to the smell of someone with significantly different genes to their own.

Love by numbers

1. Choose the oldest age by which you want to get married, for example, 39. Call this 'n'.

2. Decide the earliest age at which you'll start to consider a potential spouse, for example, 20. This age becomes 'p'.

3. Subtract 'p' from 'n' (39 - 20), then multiply the result by 0.368. This equals 6.992.

4. Add this to your minimum age.

Result: 27 is your optimal proposal age.

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[spookyturtle 9,465]

If it's from Australia, it's true. Australia is the best country in the world and they are #1 in everything.

[dakay ♥ 10]

Scientists also found an individual's body odour could woo an ideal lover.

They believe each person's unique scent helps attract a partner who'll produce genetically stronger children.

works, but not on the first date

[Calypso 464]

If it's from Australia, it's true. Australia is the best country in the world and they are #1 in everything.

That's why Boo Yah wants to return there.

works, but not on the first date

[dakay ♥ 10]

If it's from Australia, it's true. Australia is the best country in the world and they are #1 in everything.

[Darnell 8,478]

Yay Australia !!!

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Yay Maths !!!

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