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I smell a replacement for the birthday problem in introductory probability courses.
by glup 11y ago
I smell a replacement for the birthday problem in introductory probability courses.
- thomasjames 11y agoA problem to prepare talented probability students for the realities of the kinds of probabilities actuaries actually calculate for a living...
- qwertyboy 11y agoAbsolutely. A century has around 36500 days. If you compose a list of 100 people who died on that century, your chances of hitting the same day more than once are estimated at almost 13%. As a matter of fact, even 28 people will get you over the 1%.