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Challenge #140: Prove the Birthday Paradox!

TylerNa
10 - Fireball

I hit 75% at 36 and 90% at 42.

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MichalM
Alteryx
Alteryx

Went the iterative macro route first but when I saw it took almost a minute for 1k iterations per group I decided to take the direct route

 

2.1s for 1k iterations (75% at 33 and 90% at 40)

8.6s for 10k iterations (75% at 32 and 90% at 41)

 

 

JoeM
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Some of you may have been able to recognize this problem type, some of you may have not! For those who arrived on an answer - you've just made a Monte Carlo simulation!

 

Not so hard, right?

 

Laurap1228
11 - Bolide

not sure I did this correctly

CharlieS
17 - Castor
17 - Castor
 
Niklas
8 - Asteroid

Bit late to the (birthday) party. My solution-trying to avoid using a macro and accounting for gap years:

 

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Ladarthure
14 - Magnetar
14 - Magnetar

My solution

Hakimipous
10 - Fireball

For someone being born a 29th February, thanks for this ;D

 

 

NikolajFrosig
7 - Meteor

 

 

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wenjuanchen
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached. I built a batch macro upon an iterative macro. It is fun!

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