[meteorite-list] the birthday paradox

From: Randy Korotev <korotev_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Sep 6 16:39:48 2006
Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.0.20060831093753.038245c8_at_levee.wustl.edu>

Jeff Grossman is correct (of course) - The probability is not as
improbable as it may intuitively seem. The issue is just a variation
of "The Birthday Paradox:"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox

Randy Korotev





At 18:45 30-08-06 Wednesday, you wrote:
>The odds may not be as astronomical as you think. I estimate that
>the probability that 3 out of 6 random people were born in the same
>month is just over 10%.
>
>jeff



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