Matching a specific birthday
Ignoring leap years, in a room of 23 people what is the probability that at least one shares your birthday? (to 3 decimals)
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- Use the complement: nobody matches your specific day.
- Each person misses with probability 364/365.
Answer
Reveal answer →Final answer
0.061 (± 0.005)
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