8.17.2006

The Numbers

Isn't it neat when you are rolling dice and you roll two sixes. Then next time you roll you roll two sixes again? I think so. But more over, it's just neat that I rolled the same set of doubles twice in a row.

Isn't it also neat that you find two people with the same birthdays rather often? I think so. If you are in a group of 23 peolpe, the chances are better than 50% that you will find two with the same birthday. Crazy. Up to 30 people? 70%. Neato.

1 comment:

Crunch said...

Ahhh... the old birthday problem. Many people studying probability for the first time find this result shocking if not disturbing.

It brings back memories of my trying to prove the teacher wrong because I just couldn't beleive it.

Ahhh... the good old days...