Re: A birthday puzzle
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Why would the number of people in line affect the likelihood of the 2nd person's birthday matching the first person's?
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It wouldn't. But it would effect the chance of any person in line getting more than one shot at it. The game will be over as soon as the first ticket is bought. If you don't match birthdays with the first in line you are just out of luck because you won't get any more chances. But if you do match birthdays your most advantageous place to be is second in line so that someone in front of you who also matches won't take the prize away from you.
PairTheBoard
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I can't pretent to want to figure out the right answer to this question, but this, without a doubt, is not it.
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