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Ask HN: The Birthday Problem

1 pointsby ryanthedevover 5 years ago
What's the probability of two people sharing the exact birthday? (dd-mm-yyyy)

2 comments

wallflowerover 5 years ago
It is similar to the problem of grocery checkout. If there are n checkout lines, the probability of being in the quickest line is 1&#x2F;n, assuming that all checkouts have lines.<p>It is probably 1&#x2F;(how many possible birthdays in a given year range). To be conservative (90 years): 1&#x2F;90*365 or 0.003%.
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pwgover 5 years ago
1) Open browser<p>2) Navigate to <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;</a><p>3) Type in &quot;!w birthday problem&quot; (without the quotes)<p>4) Read the wikipedia page that appears
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