The Birthday Paradox
How many people do you think it would take to survey, on an average, to find two people who share the same birthday?
Well, with the help of probability, sometimes an event is 'more likely to occur' than we believe it to. In this case, If you survey a random group of just 23 people there is actually about a 50–50 chance that two of them will have the same birthday. This is known as the birthday paradox. Don't believe it's true? You can test it and see mathematical probability in action!
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