Imagine a world where cars have a 2 digit serial number. You want to play a game where you check all the cars in a parking lot to see if there is at least one pair that have the same serial number.
Assumptions:
- There are 100 possible serial numbers (00, 01, 02, ...,97, 98, 99).
- All serial number are equally likely (car factories doesn't favor certain serial numbers).
- The serial numbers are independent (these are just random cars).
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Q: What is the minimum number of cars needed for there to be a 50% (or greater) chance that there is at least 1 duplicated serial number?
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