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Given a room of people, describes the probability that at least two people share the same birthday (assuming days per year).
This plot shows that approaches 1 quickly, but does not equal 1 until
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current | 03:33, 2 May 2013 | 778 × 581 (17 KB) | Matthew (talk | contribs) | Given a room of <math>k</math> people, <math>P = 1 - \left( 1 - \frac{1}{365} \right)^{\frac{n(n-1)}{2}}</math> describes the probability that at least two people share the same birthday (assuming <math>n=365</math> days per year). This plot shows tha... |
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