i don't believe the 3 of you have the same birthday

[Saulty]

OK here is the puzzle for you. In a room with 365 people (no twins are present in the room) what are the odds of 3 people having the same birthday?

 

[choo]

Supposedly Amarillo Slim used to make large amounts of money betting on duplicate birthdays when he was in a room of people. He also supposedly has a thing for touching his granddaughter.

 

[choo]

OK here is the puzzle for you. In a room with 365 people (no twins are present in the room) what are the odds of 3 people having the same birthday?

are we ignoring the possibility of TWINS? http://video.adultswim.com/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job/beaver-boys-twins.html

and here's your answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

 

[Matty]

OK here is the puzzle for you. In a room with 365 people (no twins are present in the room) what are the odds of 3 people having the same birthday?

My brain hurts. And my earlier 1.9% calculation is completely wrong.

The odds that 3 people out of 365 share the same birthday are very high.

Monkay!!!!

 

[stevek173]

I am enjoying this exchange, cool stuff.

On a side note I have decided I believe all 3 only because if I am wrong it is of absolutely no consequence.

Matty ty for clearing up the ^3 thing, I have been doing permutations incorrectly for like 15 years now - which means I did at least one incorrectly during this period.

 

[roguejuror]

oh man I saw adult in the link and thought choo had posted a porn link :(

 

[stevek173]

Hah same RJ

 

[Saulty]

are we ignoring the possibility of TWINS? http://video.adultswim.com/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job/beaver-boys-twins.html

and here's your answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

Thank you. I looked at the math involved in Wiki article and it is quite complicated. It says the probability is 99% of two people having the same birthday with just 57 people in the room. That seems odd but I can't question the math.

 

[roguejuror]

Thank you. I looked at the math involved in Wiki article and it is quite complicated. It says the probability is 99% of two people having the same birthday with just 57 people in the room. That seems odd but I can't question the math.

juice only matters when you lose

 

[Matty]

Ooooooooooooooh! Shit just got Tomato.

 

[choo]

juice only matters when you lose

amen.