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From: weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Wimpy Math Grad Student)
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Subject: Re: Birthday matching
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Date: Thu, 17-Jul-86 03:46:15 EDT
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In article <215@cci632.UUCP> rb@ccird1.UUCP (another Rochester dummy) writes:
>Now what are the odds that one other person would have the same
>birthday as me?

With N other people, assuming uniform distribution and ignoring leap years,
the probability of one match is clearly 1-(364/365)**N.

>                 What were the odds that the speaker, and one
>of those in the audience would have the same thought?

Huh?  What does this have to do with MY posting?

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Wimpy Grad Student/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720