Lesson Plan

An Introduction to Mathematica and the "Birthday Problem"

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Twelfth graders determine the probability of two people in their class sharing the same birthday.  In this determining the probability of two people in their class sharing the same birthday problem lesson plan, 12th graders use Mathematica to simulate the birthday problem.  Students type given code into Mathematica to generate the likelyhood of having two people out of 25 sharing the same birthday.

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Grade
12th
Subjects
Math
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Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
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