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Birthday pairings
Here’s two classic birthday puzzles: How many people do you need in a room to have a better than 50% chance of finding at least one shared birthday among them? How many people do you need in a room with … Continue reading
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Tagged birthday pairings, logarithms, probability, stirling's approximation
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