To test a theory. (Shared Birthdays)
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
This is just basic probability. One of my favourite maths experiments is to ask people whether or not they are more likely to roll two consecutive 6s with a dice or a 2 then a 3.
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I believe you are a bit wrong. If you have 366 people, you can guarantee that at least 2 people share birthdays. It´s called "the Pigeonhole principle" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhole_principle[^]
You would need 367 if one of the people in the room was my younger brother - 29th Feb
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You would need 367 if one of the people in the room was my younger brother - 29th Feb
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Chris Quinn wrote:
You would need 367 if one of the people in the room was my younger brother - 29th Feb
Or my former boss.
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
The probability of at least two people sharing the same birthday is 0.5073. Yay, I've found a use for Wolfram Alpha! http://www04.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=same+birthday&f1=23&f=BirthdayProblem.n_23&x=5&y=9[^]
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The probability of at least two people sharing the same birthday is 0.5073. Yay, I've found a use for Wolfram Alpha! http://www04.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=same+birthday&f1=23&f=BirthdayProblem.n_23&x=5&y=9[^]
That crashed my IE8.
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
9th May
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
16th of August
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
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Hmm, 21st I think, which is a shame because it would have matched mine - 30th Oct :-)
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Hmm, 21st I think, which is a shame because it would have matched mine - 30th Oct :-)
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July 19th. There's that theory broken ;P
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow
19 July
Cheers, Suresh
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
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JDL-EPM wrote:
Does it count if this is my wife's birthday?
If she has a little bit of luck, she'll never be forced to share a room with me - even a waiting room as an airport, so probably not.
Jon "One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them." --Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1796. Soap Box 1.0: the first, the original, reborn troll-less
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC
OCT 28th
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Young Henry mentioned his mother's Birthday below and it reminded me of a probability experiment that states if 23 people are in a room, it is more likely than less that 2 of them share a birthday. What date is your birthday people? Mine is 31st March. Let us see if the first 23 posters to this can get a matching pair?
------------------------------------ "When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest" Confucius 502BC