February 29 occurs only in leap years years divisible by 4


Question: February 29 occurs only in leap years. Years divisible by 4, but not by 100, are always leap years. Years divisible by 100, but not by 400, are not leap years, but years divisible by 400 are leap years.

a) What probability distribution for birthdays should be used to reflect how often February 29 occurs?

b) Using the probability distribution from part (a), what is the probability that in a group of n people at least two have the same birthday?

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