Thread: Seeing the same flop
View Single Post
  #4  
Old 11-22-2004, 12:55 PM
BruceZ BruceZ is offline
Senior Member
  
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 1,636
Default Re: Seeing the same flop
This is the birthday problem with C(52,3) = 22100 days in the year. Solve

[ 22100*22099*22098*...*(22100-n+1) ] / 22100^n = 0.5

Your apporoximation seems to work well for the normal b-day problem.
Reply With Quote