Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Assess Your Understanding - Applying the Concepts - Page 266: 32e

Answer

No.

Work Step by Step

Her birthday is some day of the year. So $N(E)=1$. But the year has 365 days: $N(S)=365$ Using the Classical Method: $P(E)=\frac{N(E)}{N(S)}=\frac{1}{365}\approx0.00274$ It means that, if we randomly select 3650 people, we would expect to guess the correct birthday of 10 people. Thus it is very difficult to guess someone's birthday.
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