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Happy Birthday (3) (Posted on 2006-06-09)

In Happy Birthday, the question was if there are N people in a room, what is the probability that there are at least two people in the room who share a birthday?

What if instead exactly two was required? If there are N people in a room, what is the probability that there are exactly two people in the room who share a birthday?

(Note: Assume leap year doesn't exist, and the birthdays are randomly distributed throughout the year.)

No Solution Yet Submitted by Sir Percivale

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-09-22 09:15:49
re(2): thoughts	faye	2006-06-15 21:20:09
re(5): thoughts	Bob Smith	2006-06-12 09:12:34
re(4): thoughts	Bob Smith	2006-06-12 07:59:24
re(3): thoughts	Charlie	2006-06-09 17:03:43
re(5): thoughts	Charlie	2006-06-09 16:55:49
re: solution -- simulation of 20,000 trials of n=19	Charlie	2006-06-09 16:53:44
re(4): thoughts	Leming	2006-06-09 16:50:10
re(3): thoughts	Charlie	2006-06-09 14:57:45
re(2): thoughts	Bob Smith	2006-06-09 13:43:27
solution	Charlie	2006-06-09 11:50:07
re: thoughts	Robby Goetschalckx	2006-06-09 08:02:39
thoughts	Bob Smith	2006-06-09 07:38:11

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