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Consider a random collection of nindividuals. In approximating the probability that no 3of these individuals share the same birthday, a better Poisson approximation than that obtained in the text (at least for values of nbetween 80and 90) is obtained by letting Eibe the event that there are at least 3 birthdays on dayi,i=1,...,365.

(a) Find PEi.

(b) Give an approximation for the probability that no3individuals share the same birthday.

(c) Evaluate the preceding when n=88(which can be shown to be the smallest value ofnfor which the probability exceeds.5).

Short Answer

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(a)PEi=1-e-n/365-n365e-n/365-(n/365)22e-n/365

(b)P(Y=0)=e-365p

(c)P(Y=0)≈0.5

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Step 1:Given information(part a)

Given in the question that consider a random collection of nindividuals. In approximating the probability that no 3of these individuals share the same birthday, a better Poisson approximation than that obtained in the text (at least for values of nbetween 80 and 90 ) is obtained by letting Eibe the event that there are at least 3 birthdays on day i,i=1,…,365.

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Step 2:Explanation

Define random variable Xthat marks the number of people that have birthday on ithday. Hence, the event Eiis equivalent to the event X≥3. We have that

PEi=P(X≥3)=1-P(X=0)-P(X=1)-P(X=2)

Observe that Xcan be approximated with Poisson distribution with parameter λ=n365. Hence

P(X=0)=e-n/365,P(X=1)=n365e-n/365,P(X=2)=(n/365)22e-n/365

thus,

PEi=1-e-n/365-n365e-n/365-(n/365)22e-n/365

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Step 3: Final answer

PEi=1-e-n/365-n365e-n/365-(n/365)22e-n/365

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Step 4:Given information(part b)

Given in the question that,consider a random collection of n individuals. In approximating the probability that no 3of these individuals share the same birthday, a better Poisson approximation than that obtained in the text (at least for values of n between 80 and 90) is obtained by letting Eibe the event that there are at least 3 birthdays on dayi,i=1,...,365.

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Step 5:Explanation

Define pas the number calculated in (a). DefineYas the random variable that counts the number of days that have the property that at least three people have birthday on that day. Hence, Y~Binom(365,p), which can be approximated with Pois (365p). The event that no three people share birthday is equivalent to the event Y=0. Hence

P(Y=0)=e-365p

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Step 6: Final answer

P(Y=0)=e-365p

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Step 7:Given information(part c)

Given in the question that,consider a random collection of nindividuals. In approximating the probability that no3 of these individuals share the same birthday, a better Poisson approximation than that obtained in the text (at least for values of n between80 and90) is obtained by letting Ei be the event that there are at least 3 birthdays on day i,i=1,...,365.

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Step 8: Explanation

We are required to calculate P(Y=0)for n=88. Let's find pfor that n. We have that

p=1-e-88/365-88365e-88/365-(88/365)22e-88/365=1.9515·10-3

So we have

P(Y=0)=e-365p=e-0.7122965≈0.5

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Step 9:Final answer

P(Y=0)≈0.5

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