The Birthday Paradox demonstrates how our intuition about probability can be misleading. It shows that in a relatively small group of people, the probability of two people sharing a birthday is surprisingly high.
The probability is calculated using the complement rule:
For n people:
Key probabilities:
The Birthday Paradox demonstrates how our intuition about probability can be misleading. It shows that in a relatively small group of people, the probability of two people sharing a birthday is surprisingly high.
The probability is calculated using the complement rule:
For n people:
Key probabilities:
