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Challenge #140: Prove the Birthday Paradox!

binuacs
21 - Polaris

solution attached

SylwiaDragon
8 - Asteroid

Done

mmontgomery
11 - Bolide
11 - Bolide

Challenge #140

JamesCharnley
13 - Pulsar
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Really happy to have got this one done. I love the birthday paradox so when I first started using Alteryx and saw it as a challenge I opened it straight up. Didn't have a clue of course. So I'm happy now with my macro (even though running it 1000 times took absolutely ages!)

ARussell34
8 - Asteroid

Tada! If there are 23 people and 1,000 trials, at least two people will have the same birthday ~ 50% of the time.

FrederikE
13 - Pulsar
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lugesy
8 - Asteroid
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acarter881
12 - Quasar

Here's my solution.

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acarter881
12 - Quasar

Am I really following up my own solution with a different solution? 😮

 

Went for an Alteryx route instead of using the Python tool.

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martinding
13 - Pulsar
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