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Check out the Challenge for the Week below.
Challenge for the Week
Here is the Challenge for the Week!
Work on solving it before Friday's group session at The Hub at 3:30 p.m.
Make sure to show your work!
In honor of the launch of Connection Math we’ll explore a birthday problem.
Mars orbits the sun in 687 days. Now suppose that a group of Martians are sitting in a room and wondering if any of them have the same birthday. What is the minimum number of Martians in the room to have at least a 50% chance of having a matching birthday? (Assume uniform birth distribution across all days on the Martian calendar).
Here’s some steps to consider:
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What is the probability if there are 2 Martians? What about 3, 4 or 5?
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Given a group of n Martians what is the probability that at least 2 of them share the same Martian birthday?
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Test different values of n to see where the 50% threshold is crossed.
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(Bonus) How might birthday collisions be useful in analyzing other scenarios?