Pigeonhole principle 1. In a group of 21 people, there is a ____ chance that at least two of them has shaken hands with the same number of peopl

College Algebra
10th Edition
ISBN:9781337282291
Author:Ron Larson
Publisher:Ron Larson
Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability
Section8.7: Probability
Problem 10ECP: In Example 10, researchers selected five people at random from the population. What is the...
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Pigeonhole principle

1. In a group of 21 people, there is a ____ chance that at least two of them has shaken hands with the same number of people

1.1. Assuming no one has more than 1,000,000 hairs on the head of any person and that the population of Manila was 11,621,500 in 2009, there had to be at least _____ people in Manila in 2009 with the same number of hairs on their heads.

1.2. Choosing any ___ consecutive integers, we can guarantee that at least two of them have the same remainder when divided by 100

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