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The Birthday Paradox

United StatesPublished December 19, 2018

Views 14.3M  |  Likes 456K  |  Comments 34.3K
Views#171,011Global
Views#43,661United States

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4.49M subs476 videosDec 2010

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Views

14,313,409

Likes

456,888

Comments

34,387

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Total (all-time): $10.0K – $28.6K

Based on estimated $0.7–$2 CPM.

About

How many people need to be in a room before there’s a 50% chance that two of them share the same birthday? Is it about 180, since that’s around half of 365? Is it only 100? The real answer is surprisingly much, much smaller. If you have just 23 people in a room, the odds of whether two get presents on the same day is …

Published
December 19, 2018
Made for kids
No

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