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What is the minimum number of persons that must be chosen to guarantee that at least two of them were born in the same month of the year?

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What is the minimum number of persons that must be chosen to guarantee that at least two of them were born in the same month of the year?

  • A13
  • B12
  • C24
  • D25
Correct answer: A

Explanation

By the pigeonhole principle, 12 persons could all have different birth months, so 12 + 1 = 13 persons guarantee a repeat.

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