Originally Posted by "unchien"
It's like that math problem of "how many people need to be in a room before the odds are >50% that 2 people share the same birthday" -- the answer is much smaller than you expect.

In a typical classroom of 20-30 this doesn't happen, so intuitively I'd guess 60-90.

Let's see..
1 person = 0
2 people = 1/365
3 people = 1/365 + 2/365
4 people = 1/365 + 2/365 + 3/365..
N people = 1/365 + 2/365... N-1/365 = (n-1)(n)/2 > 182.5
(n-1)(n)/2 > 365/2 => (n^2 - n) / 2 > 365/2 => (n^2-n) > 365 => n=20

Wow! I oversimplified the math so this is an estimate, but it takes ~20 people. Interesting. wink






Last edited by CWarrior; 08/25/19 08:20 AM.