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If There Are 20 People In A Room, There’s A 50/50 Chance That Two Of Them Will Have The Same Birthday.
If There Are 20 People In A Room, There’s A 50/50 Chance That Two Of Them Will Have The Same Birthday.
If There Are 20 People In A Room, There’s A 50/50 Chance That Two Of Them Will Have The Same Birthday.
Before you read the answer, see if you can figure out the correct answer. How is this possible?   This phenomenon actually has a name -- it is called the birthday paradox, and it turns out it is useful in several different areas (for example, cryptography and hashing algorithms).