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If there are 20 employees in office, what is probability that two or more will have the same last 5 digits in their social security numbers(in same order) ? Assume that all digits 0 to 9 are equally likely.
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\n" ); document.write( "Number of 5 digit sequences: 10^5 = 100000
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\n" ); document.write( "P(2 SS #'s have same last 5 digits) = 1/100,000
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