Mike Corazzi
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....how many trees have to be in a forest to guarantee that at least two trees have the same number of leaves?
DAMMIT !!!as many as the number of leaves on the tree with the highest number of leaves +1.
In winter, they all have the same number.
what?DAMMIT !!!
cause you're right.what?
cause you're right.
I hope you don't use this same logic to function in life. It's the kind of "if, come" thinking that is used to beat the roulette wheel.cause you're right.
Let X = the number of leaves on the tree with the most leaves.
Then to guarantee that at least two trees in the forest have the same number of leaves, you need X+1 trees in the forest.
For example, if the tree in a forest with the most leaves has 100K leaves on it, then you need 100001 trees in that forest to ensure that at least two trees have the same number of leaves. Now, you not only don't know how many leaves they have on them, and you have no clue where they are, but you can be damned sure they exist.
No it’s just maths. Beating a roulette wheel uses probabilities, this little problem uses absolutes.I hope you don't use this same logic to function in life. It's the kind of "if, come" thinking that is used to beat the roulette wheel.
Please show your math.No it’s just maths. Beating a roulette wheel uses probabilities, this little problem uses absolutes.
If you know which tree has the most leaves (tree x) and you have a forest with the same number of trees as there are leaves on that tree, then either all the trees have an increasing number of leaves from 1,2,3 etc all the way up to the number of leaves on tree x, or there is at least one pair with a duplicate number of leaves. We add one extra tree in the event that only tree x is duplicated You can’t have more leaves than tree x because that tree has the highest amount in the forest.Please show your math.