what is the probability that in a random group of seven people two were born on Monday and two on Sunday?

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If people can be born with the same probability any day of the week, what is the probability that in a random group of seven people two were born on Monday and two on Sunday?
My analysis:
7 people can be born in 7^7 ways.
7 people can be shuffled in 7! Ways.
4 people occupy two days and the 3 remaining people occupy the 5 other days in 5^3
My analysis lead to the following solution: 7!*5^3/7^7
Is that correct?







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  • Here I would guess a concept of partitions can be used. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(number_theory)
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If people can be born with the same probability any day of the week, what is the probability that in a random group of seven people two were born on Monday and two on Sunday?
My analysis:
7 people can be born in 7^7 ways.
7 people can be shuffled in 7! Ways.
4 people occupy two days and the 3 remaining people occupy the 5 other days in 5^3
My analysis lead to the following solution: 7!*5^3/7^7
Is that correct?







share|cite|improve this question



















  • Here I would guess a concept of partitions can be used. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(number_theory)
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:48












up vote
1
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If people can be born with the same probability any day of the week, what is the probability that in a random group of seven people two were born on Monday and two on Sunday?
My analysis:
7 people can be born in 7^7 ways.
7 people can be shuffled in 7! Ways.
4 people occupy two days and the 3 remaining people occupy the 5 other days in 5^3
My analysis lead to the following solution: 7!*5^3/7^7
Is that correct?







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If people can be born with the same probability any day of the week, what is the probability that in a random group of seven people two were born on Monday and two on Sunday?
My analysis:
7 people can be born in 7^7 ways.
7 people can be shuffled in 7! Ways.
4 people occupy two days and the 3 remaining people occupy the 5 other days in 5^3
My analysis lead to the following solution: 7!*5^3/7^7
Is that correct?









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  • Here I would guess a concept of partitions can be used. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(number_theory)
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:48
















  • Here I would guess a concept of partitions can be used. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(number_theory)
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:48















Here I would guess a concept of partitions can be used. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(number_theory)
– mathreadler
Jul 14 at 21:48




Here I would guess a concept of partitions can be used. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_(number_theory)
– mathreadler
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I will try to make an explanation for Phil:s answer.



  1. We first choose the four people to have birthday on either sunday or monday. This can be done with something called "combinations" sometimes written nCr or $^nC_r$. 4 among 7 can be chosen in $^7C_4$ ways.

  2. Then second factor is also an nCr, it is when whe calculate how many ways we can split those 4 people into groups of 2. One group for sunday and one for monday.

  3. Last we have 3 people left and they can be put in any of the remaining free 5 days and that's where the $5^3=125$ comes from.





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    Thanks for explaining my answer. For your item 2, there are 4! ways to arrange 4 people, but because we have 2 pairs of the same day, we reduce this amount by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:19










  • You are both amazing tutors. Thanks you a lot
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:23

















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There are only $^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^3$ ways to have four out of seven people with two birthdays on Monday and two on Tuesday.



$P(textmmtt) = frac^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^37^7 = .03187$






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  • Can you explain the procedure of the numerator. how did you apply the multiplication rule?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:04











  • This looks more reasonable, but maybe you can explain the different factors and why they are there to those who are new to combinatorics?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 22:07










  • I thought 7! Was to shuffle the order of the 7 people but now you introduced the idea of 4!/2!*2! Can you please elaborate more on it?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:20











  • Yes, $frac4!2!cdot 2!$ where $4!$ is the number of ways you can rearrange 4 people, but because there are 2 pairs having the same birth day, we need to reduce this by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:23











  • @Rayen Sorry I wasn't around to answer your questions earlier, I hope you got your answers, let me know if you have other questions.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:29

















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First we choose 2 people among 7 that are born on monday and then we choose 2 people among 5 that are born on Sunday. So the number of good outcomes is $$7choose 2cdot 5choose 2 cdot 5^3= 7cdot 3cdot 5cdot 2cdot 5^3 $$
so the probability you seek is $$P = 30cdot 5^3over 7^6$$






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  • However, I checked the solution and it was: 7!*5^3/24*7^7
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 21:54










  • If we ignore sunday and monday and 5 days left to distribute 3 people over, that's $5^3=125$ which is already bigger than $30$
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55











  • @Rayen then why did you click accept answer?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55










  • Because in fact there is nothing wrong with your answer. Thanks you a lot ❤️
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:01










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I will try to make an explanation for Phil:s answer.



  1. We first choose the four people to have birthday on either sunday or monday. This can be done with something called "combinations" sometimes written nCr or $^nC_r$. 4 among 7 can be chosen in $^7C_4$ ways.

  2. Then second factor is also an nCr, it is when whe calculate how many ways we can split those 4 people into groups of 2. One group for sunday and one for monday.

  3. Last we have 3 people left and they can be put in any of the remaining free 5 days and that's where the $5^3=125$ comes from.





share|cite|improve this answer

















  • 1




    Thanks for explaining my answer. For your item 2, there are 4! ways to arrange 4 people, but because we have 2 pairs of the same day, we reduce this amount by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:19










  • You are both amazing tutors. Thanks you a lot
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:23














up vote
0
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I will try to make an explanation for Phil:s answer.



  1. We first choose the four people to have birthday on either sunday or monday. This can be done with something called "combinations" sometimes written nCr or $^nC_r$. 4 among 7 can be chosen in $^7C_4$ ways.

  2. Then second factor is also an nCr, it is when whe calculate how many ways we can split those 4 people into groups of 2. One group for sunday and one for monday.

  3. Last we have 3 people left and they can be put in any of the remaining free 5 days and that's where the $5^3=125$ comes from.





share|cite|improve this answer

















  • 1




    Thanks for explaining my answer. For your item 2, there are 4! ways to arrange 4 people, but because we have 2 pairs of the same day, we reduce this amount by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:19










  • You are both amazing tutors. Thanks you a lot
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:23












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I will try to make an explanation for Phil:s answer.



  1. We first choose the four people to have birthday on either sunday or monday. This can be done with something called "combinations" sometimes written nCr or $^nC_r$. 4 among 7 can be chosen in $^7C_4$ ways.

  2. Then second factor is also an nCr, it is when whe calculate how many ways we can split those 4 people into groups of 2. One group for sunday and one for monday.

  3. Last we have 3 people left and they can be put in any of the remaining free 5 days and that's where the $5^3=125$ comes from.





share|cite|improve this answer













I will try to make an explanation for Phil:s answer.



  1. We first choose the four people to have birthday on either sunday or monday. This can be done with something called "combinations" sometimes written nCr or $^nC_r$. 4 among 7 can be chosen in $^7C_4$ ways.

  2. Then second factor is also an nCr, it is when whe calculate how many ways we can split those 4 people into groups of 2. One group for sunday and one for monday.

  3. Last we have 3 people left and they can be put in any of the remaining free 5 days and that's where the $5^3=125$ comes from.






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    Thanks for explaining my answer. For your item 2, there are 4! ways to arrange 4 people, but because we have 2 pairs of the same day, we reduce this amount by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:19










  • You are both amazing tutors. Thanks you a lot
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:23












  • 1




    Thanks for explaining my answer. For your item 2, there are 4! ways to arrange 4 people, but because we have 2 pairs of the same day, we reduce this amount by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:19










  • You are both amazing tutors. Thanks you a lot
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:23







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Thanks for explaining my answer. For your item 2, there are 4! ways to arrange 4 people, but because we have 2 pairs of the same day, we reduce this amount by dividing by 2! twice.
– Phil H
Jul 14 at 22:19




Thanks for explaining my answer. For your item 2, there are 4! ways to arrange 4 people, but because we have 2 pairs of the same day, we reduce this amount by dividing by 2! twice.
– Phil H
Jul 14 at 22:19












You are both amazing tutors. Thanks you a lot
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 22:23




You are both amazing tutors. Thanks you a lot
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 22:23










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There are only $^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^3$ ways to have four out of seven people with two birthdays on Monday and two on Tuesday.



$P(textmmtt) = frac^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^37^7 = .03187$






share|cite|improve this answer





















  • Can you explain the procedure of the numerator. how did you apply the multiplication rule?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:04











  • This looks more reasonable, but maybe you can explain the different factors and why they are there to those who are new to combinatorics?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 22:07










  • I thought 7! Was to shuffle the order of the 7 people but now you introduced the idea of 4!/2!*2! Can you please elaborate more on it?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:20











  • Yes, $frac4!2!cdot 2!$ where $4!$ is the number of ways you can rearrange 4 people, but because there are 2 pairs having the same birth day, we need to reduce this by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:23











  • @Rayen Sorry I wasn't around to answer your questions earlier, I hope you got your answers, let me know if you have other questions.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:29














up vote
1
down vote













There are only $^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^3$ ways to have four out of seven people with two birthdays on Monday and two on Tuesday.



$P(textmmtt) = frac^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^37^7 = .03187$






share|cite|improve this answer





















  • Can you explain the procedure of the numerator. how did you apply the multiplication rule?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:04











  • This looks more reasonable, but maybe you can explain the different factors and why they are there to those who are new to combinatorics?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 22:07










  • I thought 7! Was to shuffle the order of the 7 people but now you introduced the idea of 4!/2!*2! Can you please elaborate more on it?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:20











  • Yes, $frac4!2!cdot 2!$ where $4!$ is the number of ways you can rearrange 4 people, but because there are 2 pairs having the same birth day, we need to reduce this by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:23











  • @Rayen Sorry I wasn't around to answer your questions earlier, I hope you got your answers, let me know if you have other questions.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:29












up vote
1
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up vote
1
down vote









There are only $^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^3$ ways to have four out of seven people with two birthdays on Monday and two on Tuesday.



$P(textmmtt) = frac^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^37^7 = .03187$






share|cite|improve this answer













There are only $^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^3$ ways to have four out of seven people with two birthdays on Monday and two on Tuesday.



$P(textmmtt) = frac^7C_4cdot frac4!2!cdot 2!cdot 5^37^7 = .03187$







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answered Jul 14 at 21:57









Phil H

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  • Can you explain the procedure of the numerator. how did you apply the multiplication rule?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:04











  • This looks more reasonable, but maybe you can explain the different factors and why they are there to those who are new to combinatorics?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 22:07










  • I thought 7! Was to shuffle the order of the 7 people but now you introduced the idea of 4!/2!*2! Can you please elaborate more on it?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:20











  • Yes, $frac4!2!cdot 2!$ where $4!$ is the number of ways you can rearrange 4 people, but because there are 2 pairs having the same birth day, we need to reduce this by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:23











  • @Rayen Sorry I wasn't around to answer your questions earlier, I hope you got your answers, let me know if you have other questions.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:29
















  • Can you explain the procedure of the numerator. how did you apply the multiplication rule?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:04











  • This looks more reasonable, but maybe you can explain the different factors and why they are there to those who are new to combinatorics?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 22:07










  • I thought 7! Was to shuffle the order of the 7 people but now you introduced the idea of 4!/2!*2! Can you please elaborate more on it?
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:20











  • Yes, $frac4!2!cdot 2!$ where $4!$ is the number of ways you can rearrange 4 people, but because there are 2 pairs having the same birth day, we need to reduce this by dividing by 2! twice.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:23











  • @Rayen Sorry I wasn't around to answer your questions earlier, I hope you got your answers, let me know if you have other questions.
    – Phil H
    Jul 14 at 22:29















Can you explain the procedure of the numerator. how did you apply the multiplication rule?
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 22:04





Can you explain the procedure of the numerator. how did you apply the multiplication rule?
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 22:04













This looks more reasonable, but maybe you can explain the different factors and why they are there to those who are new to combinatorics?
– mathreadler
Jul 14 at 22:07




This looks more reasonable, but maybe you can explain the different factors and why they are there to those who are new to combinatorics?
– mathreadler
Jul 14 at 22:07












I thought 7! Was to shuffle the order of the 7 people but now you introduced the idea of 4!/2!*2! Can you please elaborate more on it?
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 22:20





I thought 7! Was to shuffle the order of the 7 people but now you introduced the idea of 4!/2!*2! Can you please elaborate more on it?
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 22:20













Yes, $frac4!2!cdot 2!$ where $4!$ is the number of ways you can rearrange 4 people, but because there are 2 pairs having the same birth day, we need to reduce this by dividing by 2! twice.
– Phil H
Jul 14 at 22:23





Yes, $frac4!2!cdot 2!$ where $4!$ is the number of ways you can rearrange 4 people, but because there are 2 pairs having the same birth day, we need to reduce this by dividing by 2! twice.
– Phil H
Jul 14 at 22:23













@Rayen Sorry I wasn't around to answer your questions earlier, I hope you got your answers, let me know if you have other questions.
– Phil H
Jul 14 at 22:29




@Rayen Sorry I wasn't around to answer your questions earlier, I hope you got your answers, let me know if you have other questions.
– Phil H
Jul 14 at 22:29










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First we choose 2 people among 7 that are born on monday and then we choose 2 people among 5 that are born on Sunday. So the number of good outcomes is $$7choose 2cdot 5choose 2 cdot 5^3= 7cdot 3cdot 5cdot 2cdot 5^3 $$
so the probability you seek is $$P = 30cdot 5^3over 7^6$$






share|cite|improve this answer























  • However, I checked the solution and it was: 7!*5^3/24*7^7
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 21:54










  • If we ignore sunday and monday and 5 days left to distribute 3 people over, that's $5^3=125$ which is already bigger than $30$
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55











  • @Rayen then why did you click accept answer?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55










  • Because in fact there is nothing wrong with your answer. Thanks you a lot ❤️
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:01














up vote
0
down vote













First we choose 2 people among 7 that are born on monday and then we choose 2 people among 5 that are born on Sunday. So the number of good outcomes is $$7choose 2cdot 5choose 2 cdot 5^3= 7cdot 3cdot 5cdot 2cdot 5^3 $$
so the probability you seek is $$P = 30cdot 5^3over 7^6$$






share|cite|improve this answer























  • However, I checked the solution and it was: 7!*5^3/24*7^7
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 21:54










  • If we ignore sunday and monday and 5 days left to distribute 3 people over, that's $5^3=125$ which is already bigger than $30$
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55











  • @Rayen then why did you click accept answer?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55










  • Because in fact there is nothing wrong with your answer. Thanks you a lot ❤️
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:01












up vote
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up vote
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First we choose 2 people among 7 that are born on monday and then we choose 2 people among 5 that are born on Sunday. So the number of good outcomes is $$7choose 2cdot 5choose 2 cdot 5^3= 7cdot 3cdot 5cdot 2cdot 5^3 $$
so the probability you seek is $$P = 30cdot 5^3over 7^6$$






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First we choose 2 people among 7 that are born on monday and then we choose 2 people among 5 that are born on Sunday. So the number of good outcomes is $$7choose 2cdot 5choose 2 cdot 5^3= 7cdot 3cdot 5cdot 2cdot 5^3 $$
so the probability you seek is $$P = 30cdot 5^3over 7^6$$







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  • However, I checked the solution and it was: 7!*5^3/24*7^7
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 21:54










  • If we ignore sunday and monday and 5 days left to distribute 3 people over, that's $5^3=125$ which is already bigger than $30$
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55











  • @Rayen then why did you click accept answer?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55










  • Because in fact there is nothing wrong with your answer. Thanks you a lot ❤️
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:01
















  • However, I checked the solution and it was: 7!*5^3/24*7^7
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 21:54










  • If we ignore sunday and monday and 5 days left to distribute 3 people over, that's $5^3=125$ which is already bigger than $30$
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55











  • @Rayen then why did you click accept answer?
    – mathreadler
    Jul 14 at 21:55










  • Because in fact there is nothing wrong with your answer. Thanks you a lot ❤️
    – Rayri
    Jul 14 at 22:01















However, I checked the solution and it was: 7!*5^3/24*7^7
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 21:54




However, I checked the solution and it was: 7!*5^3/24*7^7
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 21:54












If we ignore sunday and monday and 5 days left to distribute 3 people over, that's $5^3=125$ which is already bigger than $30$
– mathreadler
Jul 14 at 21:55





If we ignore sunday and monday and 5 days left to distribute 3 people over, that's $5^3=125$ which is already bigger than $30$
– mathreadler
Jul 14 at 21:55













@Rayen then why did you click accept answer?
– mathreadler
Jul 14 at 21:55




@Rayen then why did you click accept answer?
– mathreadler
Jul 14 at 21:55












Because in fact there is nothing wrong with your answer. Thanks you a lot ❤️
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 22:01




Because in fact there is nothing wrong with your answer. Thanks you a lot ❤️
– Rayri
Jul 14 at 22:01












 

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