Birthday paradox solving for small n values? This is for the probability that in a group of n people at least two have the same birthday, n = 3. 
Hi, So for those who are familiar with the birthday paradox could you check my work:).
P(E) = [Event]/[SampleSpace]
Sample space = 365^3
Event = (365*364*363
P(E) = 0.991796
1-P(E) = 8.204 x 10^-3
This is where i am a bit lost, i dont know how to prove they are equal, any help is appreciated :). 
 A: Notice that $P(E)$ is the probability that in a group of 3 people, at least 2 people share the same birthday. What you are calculating is $P(\overline E)$, the probability that each person has a different birthday.
So you've calculated $1 - P(\overline E) = 0.008204$. Now you have to use counting principles to find $P(E)$.
$$
P(E) = [\mathrm{Event}]/[\mathrm{SampleSpace}]
$$
Now let's find the number of events in which at least 2 people share the same birthday. Consider person 1, who has $365$ possible birthdays. Now if person 1 only shares a birthday with person 2, then person 2 can only have $1$ possible birthday—the same day as person 1! Since person 1 only shares a birthday with person 2, then person 3 must be born on a different day, any of the $364$ other days.
The same logic applies if person 1 only shares a birthday with person 3. There are also only $365$ events in which all three people have the same birthday, one event for each day of the year.
Finally, if person 1 does not share a birthday with either person 2 nor person 3, then person 2 and person 3 must share a birthday on a different day than person 1's birthday. So person 2 has $364$ different possible days to have a birthday, and person 3 has only $1$ possible day, the same day as person 2.
When we add up all these events, we get:
$365 \times 1 \times 364 + 365 \times 364 \times 1 + 365 + 365 \times 364 \times 1 = 1093 \times 365$
And, $\frac{1093 \times 365}{365^3} = 0.008204$, so we are done.
A: You should define what $E$ is.
Any way, P(at least 2 have a common birthday) = $1 - 0.991796 = 0.008204$
which in scientific notation, becomes $8.204\times 10^{-3}$
