document.write( "Question 479646: how many students must be in the class to guarantee that at least two students receive the score on the final exam, if the exam is graded on the scale from 0 to 100 points? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "From 0 to 100 points is 101 possible different scores.\r\n" );
document.write( "If there were 101 students, it is possible, although\r\n" );
document.write( "extremely unlikely, that each one could have a different\r\n" );
document.write( "score.  However if there were 102 students it would\r\n" );
document.write( "be impossible for all students to have different \r\n" );
document.write( "scores, for then there wouldn't be enough possible \r\n" );
document.write( "scores for every student to have a different one.\r\n" );
document.write( "So the answer is 102 or more students.\r\n" );
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