During an episode of tonight show, a talk show host related "The birthday problem " to the audience noting that in a group of 50 or more people, probablists have calculated that the probability of atleast 2 people having the same birthday is very high. To illustrate this point he proceeded to conduct his own experiment. A person selected at random from the audience was asked to state his birthday. The host then adked whether anyone in the audience had the same birthday. The response was negative. He repeated the experiment. Once again the response was negative. These results observed the host,were contrary to expectations. In a later episode of the show, the host explained why the experiment had been improperly conducted. Explain why the host failed to illustrate the point he was trying to make in the earlier episode

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During an episode of tonight show, a talk show host related "The birthday problem " to the audience noting that in a group of 50 or more people, probablists have calculated that the probability of atleast 2 people having the same birthday is very high. To illustrate this point he proceeded to conduct his own experiment. A person selected at random from the audience was asked to state his birthday. The host then adked whether anyone in the audience had the same birthday. The response was negative. He repeated the experiment. Once again the response was negative. These results observed the host,were contrary to expectations. In a later episode of the show, the host explained why the experiment had been improperly conducted. Explain why the host failed to illustrate the point he was trying to make in the earlier episode 

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