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#1 2011-08-10 11:45:23
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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 2011-08-10 16:19:19
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Re: Shared Birthdays
Hi MathsIsFun,
Looks good and neat to me.
And I also liked the footnote.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
#3 2011-08-10 16:37:49
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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!
Character is who you are when no one is looking.
#4 2011-08-10 16:42:34
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Hi MIF;
Looks good!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#5 2011-08-10 17:11:19
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Intriguing!!
Imagine for a moment that even an earthworm may possess a love of self and a love of others.
#6 2011-08-10 17:25:15
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Thanks good friends.
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#7 2011-08-10 17:30:19
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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
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei