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CSflim · 06-29-2003, 05:06 PM

I said #1, because I may even post another! Wow! Imagine that!

Anyway, I would ask that you post your answer before reading the other replies!

So anyway, here it is:

I pass by a window, and peer in. I see a group of people inside. I conclude that there is (approximately) a 50% chance that two of those people share a birthday. How many people are in the room?

Its not a trick question BTW. There isn't a banner hanging up inside that says "Happy Birthday John and Mary" or a pair of identical twins or anything like that! It's as straight forward as it looks!

vermin · 06-29-2003, 05:13 PM

uncle phil · 06-29-2003, 05:17 PM

182...

Meridae'n · 06-29-2003, 05:23 PM

I would have said 182.5, but there's been strong evidence to suggest half people don't exist...

I'll say 365 as well

BBtB · 06-29-2003, 05:45 PM

Fremen · 06-29-2003, 09:02 PM

I'll say 4.

monody · 06-29-2003, 09:05 PM

one- if there's a mirror!

grumpyolddude · 06-29-2003, 09:10 PM

I'll agree with 183.

crackpot · 06-29-2003, 10:05 PM

365 means you're pretty much assured of a shared birthday.
I think I like the look of that 183.

AnUnkind · 06-29-2003, 11:17 PM

Is this a math question? I dont like those. Ahhh, I see it now... yeah I still don't like this question though...

Chantilas · 06-30-2003, 12:37 AM

The answer is 23 people

Meridae'n · 06-30-2003, 02:36 AM

What's your thinking behind that answer?

Fly · 06-30-2003, 06:51 AM

i'm gonna go with 69.

and the two whose birthdays are up......they're the ones ingadged in that 69.

yup .....that's it.

BonesCPA · 06-30-2003, 07:16 AM

I'll go with 21 - but Chantillas might be right.

You have to remember it is a 50% chance, probability/statistics are strange.

Pyrate · 06-30-2003, 08:42 AM

I say, erm, mm, eenimeeniminee.......MO!

I think it's 4.

Pleez, don't ask. My math skills are in that shoe box under my bed.

Giant Hamburger · 06-30-2003, 08:45 AM

Peetster · 06-30-2003, 11:52 AM

I think it's 30 as well.

Atropos4 · 06-30-2003, 12:03 PM

44 just a guess

platypus · 06-30-2003, 01:06 PM

Chantilas is right. It's 23.

Here's why. <b>Infinite Improbability Mind-fuck</b>

06-29-2003, 05:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
CSflim Sky Piercer Location: Ireland	CSflim's Amazing test! #1 I said #1, because I may even post another! Wow! Imagine that! Anyway, I would ask that you post your answer before reading the other replies! So anyway, here it is: I pass by a window, and peer in. I see a group of people inside. I conclude that there is (approximately) a 50% chance that two of those people share a birthday. How many people are in the room? Its not a trick question BTW. There isn't a banner hanging up inside that says "Happy Birthday John and Mary" or a pair of identical twins or anything like that! It's as straight forward as it looks! __________________

06-29-2003, 05:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	365 __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

06-29-2003, 05:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	182... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

06-29-2003, 05:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
Meridae'n Loose Cunt Location: North Bondi RSL	I would have said 182.5, but there's been strong evidence to suggest half people don't exist... I'll say 365 as well __________________ What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?

06-29-2003, 05:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
BBtB ClerkMan! Location: Tulsa, Ok.	183 __________________ Meridae'n once played "death" at a game of chess that lasted for over two years. He finally beat death in a best 34 out of 67 match. At that time he could ask for any one thing and he could wish for the hope of all mankind... he looked death right in the eye and said ... "I would like about three fiddy"

06-29-2003, 09:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	I'll say 4. __________________ Google

06-29-2003, 09:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
monody Tilted Location: with the dust bunnies	one- if there's a mirror! __________________ Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to explain the curious attractiveness of others. -Oscar Wilde.

06-29-2003, 09:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	I'll agree with 183. __________________ "Regret can be a harder pill to swallow than failure .With failure you at least know you gave it a chance..." David Howard

06-29-2003, 10:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
crackpot Junkie Location: Montreal	365 means you're pretty much assured of a shared birthday. I think I like the look of that 183.

06-29-2003, 11:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
AnUnkind Crazy Location: INCONUS	Is this a math question? I dont like those. Ahhh, I see it now... yeah I still don't like this question though... __________________ yeah, you SHOULD feel stupid....

06-30-2003, 12:37 AM	#11 (permalink)
Chantilas Upright	The answer is 23 people

06-30-2003, 02:36 AM	#12 (permalink)
Meridae'n Loose Cunt Location: North Bondi RSL	What's your thinking behind that answer? __________________ What's easier to believe: that a guy was born without sex in the manner of several Greek demigods and grew up to be able to transmute liquids and alter his body density yet couldn't escape government execution, or that three freemasons in a vehicle made with aluminum foil in an era before digital technology escaped our atmosphere, landing on the moon, broadcasted from there, and then flew back without burning up?

06-30-2003, 06:51 AM	#13 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	i'm gonna go with 69. and the two whose birthdays are up......they're the ones ingadged in that 69. yup .....that's it. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

06-30-2003, 07:16 AM	#14 (permalink)
BonesCPA No. It's not done yet. Location: sorta kinda phila	I'll go with 21 - but Chantillas might be right. You have to remember it is a 50% chance, probability/statistics are strange. __________________ Back into hibernation.

06-30-2003, 08:42 AM	#15 (permalink)
Pyrate Psycho Location: London, CorBlimeyLand	I say, erm, mm, eenimeeniminee.......MO! I think it's 4. Pleez, don't ask. My math skills are in that shoe box under my bed. __________________ ?

06-30-2003, 08:45 AM	#16 (permalink)
Giant Hamburger Gastrolithuanian Location: low-velocity Earth orbit	30

06-30-2003, 11:52 AM	#17 (permalink)
Peetster Right Now Location: Home	I think it's 30 as well.

06-30-2003, 12:03 PM	#18 (permalink)
Atropos4 Think about it Location: North Carolina	44 just a guess __________________ Minds are like parachutes. They work better open. "If I were Hermione, I would have licked his pantleg."

06-30-2003, 01:06 PM	#19 (permalink)
platypus Essen meine kurze Hosen Location: NY Burbs	Chantilas is right. It's 23. Here's why. <b>Infinite Improbability Mind-fuck</b> __________________ Out the 10Base-T, through the router, down the T1, over the leased line, off the bridge, past the firewall...nothing but Net. Last edited by platypus; 06-30-2003 at 01:10 PM..