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Old 01-28-2017, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by frankbmd View Post
Mike is correct as well. If there are 70 people in the bar, you will win the bet with near certainty. This is a problem often seen in statistics and probability courses. A reference is provided below for you doubters, no matter what you are drinking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem
Very cool, I was looking at it wrong. I was looking at taking one person vs the crowd instead of the crowd vs the crowd.
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