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A Bonanza Of Birthday Bewilderments, Dale K. Hathaway
A Bonanza Of Birthday Bewilderments, Dale K. Hathaway
Faculty Scholarship – Mathematics
The birthday problem is a popular probability conundrum at least partially because of the apparent counterintuitive result. But the results are not unexpected if the number of opportunities is considered. This article uses the opportunities approach to solve several variations of the birthday problem.