SOLUTION: on a reality show a contestant must randomly choose enough people to go into a room so that the probability that at least one of those people has the same birthday (month and date

Question 452910: on a reality show a contestant must randomly choose enough people to go into a room so that the probability that at least one of those people has the same birthday (month and date ) as the contestant is greater than 50%. Time is of the essence sot the contestant doesnt want any more people than necessary. What number of people should the contestant gather?
use this method above to determine how many people would need to be in a room so that the probability of two of them having birthdays on the same day of the month is greater than 50%
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You will find a complete discussion of this problem
using Google to search for "birthday problem".
Cheers,
Stan H.
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