Assume the year has 300 days. What is the probability that in a group of n people, at least two people will share the same birthday? What is the minimum value of n so that the probability that 2 of them share a birthday is more than 1/2?

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Assume the year has 300 days. What is the probability that in a group of n people,
at least two people will share the same birthday?
What is the minimum value of n so that the probability that 2 of them share a birthday is
more than 1/2?
 
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