There are 23 people in a room. What is the probability that two of them share a birthday?
If the probability is x % , Enter your answer as ⌊ x ⌋ .
Notation : ⌊ ⋅ ⌋ denotes the floor function .
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Exactly Same Way, How did you compute that product?
We calculate P ′ ( A ) as the probability that no pairs share the same birthday.
There are 2 2 3 × 2 2 = 2 5 3 pairs. The probability that 2 people have different birthday is 3 6 5 3 6 4 . The probability that no pairs among 2 5 3 pairs share the same birthday is P ′ ( A ) = ( 3 6 5 3 6 4 ) 2 5 3 ≈ 4 9 . 2 7 % . So, the probability that there exists 2 people share the same birthday is P ( A ) = 1 − P ′ ( A ) ≈ 5 0 . 7 2 % . The answer is 5 0 .
i have already posted this question by the name od birthday paradox
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Let the probability two of them share a B'day be P(A).
P ( A ) = 1 − P ′ ( A ) = 1 − n = 0 ∏ 2 2 ( 3 6 5 3 6 5 − n ) = 1 − 0 . 4 9 2 7 0 2 7 6 5 ≈ 0 . 5 0 7 3
x = ⌊ 1 0 0 × 0 . 5 0 7 3 ⌋ = 5 0