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To: Nakatu X; Doctor Stochastic; RadioAstronomer
No problem.

And it looks like the birthday puzzle has been thoroughly analyzed. I came up with the same formula that the paper presented by RA had. My calculator blows up at about 69!, and I didn't want to figure things out usings logs, so I cheated and used Excel.

2	364	365	0.997260274
3	363	365	0.994520548
4	362	365	0.991780822
5	361	365	0.989041096
6	360	365	0.98630137
7	359	365	0.983561644
8	358	365	0.980821918
9	357	365	0.978082192
10	356	365	0.975342466
11	355	365	0.97260274
12	354	365	0.969863014
13	353	365	0.967123288
14	352	365	0.964383562
15	351	365	0.961643836
16	350	365	0.95890411
17	349	365	0.956164384
18	348	365	0.953424658
19	347	365	0.950684932
20	346	365	0.947945205
21	345	365	0.945205479
22	344	365	0.942465753
23	343	365	0.939726027
24	342	365	0.936986301
25	341	365	0.934246575
26	340	365	0.931506849
27	339	365	0.928767123
28	338	365	0.926027397
29	337	365	0.923287671
30	336	365	0.920547945	


			0.293683757	0.706316243

P.S. No stinking leap years.

2,436 posted on 08/10/2003 11:07:31 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: AndrewC; Doctor Stochastic; RadioAstronomer
Thanks so much; now I finally understand! :o) Like most people, couldn't get beyond adding up the 1/365 probablities! :-)
2,439 posted on 08/11/2003 4:07:42 AM PDT by Nataku X (Never give Bush any power you wouldn't want to give to Hillary.)
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To: AndrewC
My calculator blows up at about 69!

I don't do much math at the moment, but I always thought it was unfortunate that calculators didn't have a birthday problem button. I suppose it's easy enough to program though.

2,444 posted on 08/11/2003 7:27:33 AM PDT by js1138
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To: AndrewC; Doctor Stochastic; Nakatu X; RadioAstronomer
Thank y'all so much for the birthday solution!

I previously thought it was a stunning coincidence that my two brothers' birthdays were the same as my best friend and her husband's.

2,447 posted on 08/11/2003 8:30:19 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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