in reply to Birthday Chances
Of course, this probability is always less than one since there is some chance nobody will share birthdays, so how many people you need in the room before you make your bet depends on how much you are willing to risk. If you want a 75% chance of winning the bet, you need at least 32 people. For a 99% chance, you only need 55 people.P(n,d) = 1 - d!/((d-n)!*d^n) (boy do we need MathML)
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