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Interview Question for Data Analyst at Detica:
if there are 5 people in a room and each chooses a number from 1 to 10 at random what is the probability that two or more people have the same number
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In this case imagine each person picks their random number in turn.
From person one through five, probabilities of picking unique numbers:
For person one: 10/10 (since no other numbers have been picked yet)
For person two: 9/10 (since one number has been picked by person one)
Person three: 8/10 (Assume that persons one and two have picked unique numbers, since we are looking for the prob. that ALL have picked unique numbers)
Person four: 7/10
Person 5: 6/10
Multiply together: get 30,240/100,000 = 30.24%
Subtract from 100% to get 59.76% (required answer)
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by Bubi:
favorable cases:
-- exactly 2 people choose the same number: (5 choose 2)*10* (9^3)
-- exactly 3 people choose the same number 5 choose 3 * 10 * 9^2
--exaclty 4 people choose the same number 5 choose 4 * 10 * 9
--exactly 5 people choose the same number 5 choose 5 * 10 =10
add them and divide