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#1 2011-08-09 13:45:23
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Shared Birthdays
OK, here is my take on Shared Birthdays
Please let me know what you think, and if it can be improved (or corrected!)
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#2 2011-08-09 18:19:19
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Re: Shared Birthdays
Hi MathsIsFun,
Looks good and neat to me.
And I also liked the footnote.
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#3 2011-08-09 18:37:49
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: Shared Birthdays
Hi MathsIsFun,
The page on probability and chances is well made.
The inferences drawn are interesting. The page is error free, I think.
Commendable work!
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#4 2011-08-09 18:42:34
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Re: Shared Birthdays
Hi MIF;
Looks good!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#5 2011-08-09 19:11:19
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Re: Shared Birthdays
Intriguing!!
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#6 2011-08-09 19:25:15
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Re: Shared Birthdays
Thanks good friends.
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#7 2011-08-09 19:30:19
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Re: Shared Birthdays
hi MathsIsFun,
Thanks, that's excellent. 
I particularly like the start with an easier example so the explanation is easier to follow for a student new to probability.
Bob
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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
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