Once Again - Page 3

Blade · 02-22-2002, 01:12 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Azred:
useless trivia: If you walk into a room with 22 other people, then there is a 50% chance that you and one other person in the room have the same birthday.

Lol this is true amazingly enough we did this in my math class and tried to proove it mathimaticaly but i can't rember if we succeded or not.

Azred · 02-22-2002, 01:13 PM

Blade, your class probably did succeed, even if you didn't do the actual calculation itself. You must assume that birthdays are randomly and equally distributed (which they really aren't) and ignore the leap-year date February 29. The formula includes both (365-k)! and 365^k (k = number of people) which are extremely big numbers. Anyway, at k = 60 the likelihood has risen to almost 100%.

andrewas · 02-22-2002, 04:31 PM

You missed it, but for next year, assuming im still here, 22/01.

Sigmar · 02-23-2002, 04:35 AM

Well, mine's on the 24th of March.

Spelca · 02-23-2002, 12:45 PM

16th Ferbruary 1982.
Just turned 20.

khazadman · 02-23-2002, 02:07 PM

oh please!spelca the child speaks.just wait till you get some years under your belt.

JULY 15,1961
40 big ones under MY belt.and three grand-kids.

slowly turns and shuffles away.

02-22-2002, 01:12 AM	#21
Blade Emerald Dragon Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: spokane wa usa Age: 40 Posts: 926	quote: Originally posted by Azred: useless trivia: If you walk into a room with 22 other people, then there is a 50% chance that you and one other person in the room have the same birthday. Lol this is true amazingly enough we did this in my math class and tried to proove it mathimaticaly but i can't rember if we succeded or not. __________________ <br /><br />All blades cut, be they made from metal or wood, but the sharpest and deadliest blade is the one of knowledge, and that is the least used.<br />An Archmage of the HADB

02-22-2002, 01:13 PM	#22
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 54 Posts: 4,037	Blade, your class probably did succeed, even if you didn't do the actual calculation itself. You must assume that birthdays are randomly and equally distributed (which they really aren't) and ignore the leap-year date February 29. The formula includes both (365-k)! and 365^k (k = number of people) which are extremely big numbers. Anyway, at k = 60 the likelihood has risen to almost 100%. __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.

02-22-2002, 04:31 PM	#23
andrewas Harper Join Date: October 2, 2001 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 42 Posts: 4,774	You missed it, but for next year, assuming im still here, 22/01. __________________ [img]\"http://www.sighost.us/members/Zvijer/andrewas.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

02-23-2002, 12:45 PM	#25
Spelca Emerald Dragon Join Date: January 3, 2002 Location: From Slovenia, in Sweden Age: 42 Posts: 931	16th Ferbruary 1982. Just turned 20. __________________ At one time or another there will be a choice: you or the wall. (J. Winterson)

02-23-2002, 04:35 AM	#24
Sigmar Unicorn Join Date: May 17, 2001 Location: N/a Posts: 4,222	Well, mine's on the 24th of March.

02-23-2002, 02:07 PM	#26
khazadman User suspended until [Feb13] Join Date: December 6, 2001 Location: the south side of ol virginny Age: 62 Posts: 1,172	oh please!spelca the child speaks.just wait till you get some years under your belt. JULY 15,1961 40 big ones under MY belt.and three grand-kids. slowly turns and shuffles away.

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