A math problem

Mr Peterson is temporarily teaching an eleventh grade class for a month. During the course of this month he becomes very friendly with Bel, a female student. Mr. Peterson suspects that Bel has developed a sexual crush on him and he considers having an "inappropriate" affair with her, but he does not know whether she is yet 16 years old or not.  We can assume that 98% of children born in the months January to October were enrolled in school at the correct age (Meaning that these children would be turning 16 in grade 11) 78% of children born in November and 56% of children born in December were enrolled at the correct age, respectively. All children not enrolled at the correct age are enrolled in a later grade. During the course of schooling up to the 11th grade, an average 6% of children are held back a grade and .03% are put up a grade. Assuming that Mr Peterson and Bel's sexual encounter would take place on May 23 and given that the local age of consent is 16, calculate the probability that Mr Peterson would be committing statutory rape.

(This problem takes place in the Southern Hemisphere where the school year runs January-December)

This is an excellent mathematical problem, however it is easily solved... All teachers, temporary or permanent, have access to student records which hold a great amount of information about each individual student including the students date of birth. If Mr. Peterson where to check said records, he would have his answer, no calculation required. If Bel is indeed 16 and that IS the LEGAL age for the state in which they reside, then more power to him! So in short, once he finds her age to be 16, then MY answer would simply be POP!! LoL :)

All relationships between teachers and the students they supervise are inappropriate.  While being of the age for informed consent is a necessary condition for appropriate sexual relations, it is not a sufficient condition.

Problem solved!