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Old 07-24-2005, 10:18 PM
jason_t jason_t is offline
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Default A birthday puzzle

This is a spin on a classic problem from probability. If you're familiar with that problem, this won't be that difficult but is still interesting.

The manager of a movie theatre announces that a free ticket will be given to the first person in line whose birthday is the same as someone else who has already purchased a ticket. You can get in line at any time. The birthdays are distributed uniformly at random over 365 days. Which position in line should you take?
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