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| From | Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Toughest Probability Question |
| Date | 2011-12-15 09:07 +0000 |
| Organization | Stack Usenet News Service |
| Message-ID | <slrnjeje67.an6.willem@toad.stack.nl> (permalink) |
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BartC wrote:
) I've no idea how to work these things out myself. But I've done a rough
) simulation, and in 10,000 years, there were only 4 years where there was a
) double birthday on less than 150 nights, and none on less that 140. So
) roughly 0.04%.
)
) Now I suppose you're going to say there was something funny about the
) restaurant, that it's used exclusively by people with the same birthday, or
) all different, or there's something that's going to be contrary to the
) theoretical probabilities.
I'll just say that you proved that even with a random distribution, you
can't be *certain* that the outcome of a given number of experiments will
be the number you expected by probability calculus.
SaSW, Willem
--
Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for any of the statements
made in the above text. For all I know I might be
drugged or something..
No I'm not paranoid. You all think I'm paranoid, don't you !
#EOT
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Re: Toughest Probability Question "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2011-12-14 22:35 +0000
Re: Toughest Probability Question Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-12-15 09:07 +0000
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Re: Toughest Probability Question Peter Nilsson <airia@acay.com.au> - 2011-12-13 18:15 -0800
Re: Toughest Probability Question pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2011-12-13 21:52 -0500
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