242.Shared Birthday Among Thirty
★★★classical probabilityIMC Trading
Thirty people are in a room. Assuming birthdays are independent and uniformly spread over 365 days, and ignoring leap years, what is the probability that at least two of them share a birthday?
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Compute the probability that all thirty birthdays are distinct by seating people one at a time, then take the complement.
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