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===More than two people sharing a birthday=== It is possible to extend the problem to ask how many people in a group are necessary for there to be a greater than 50% probability that at least 3, 4, 5, etc. of the group share the same birthday. The first few values are as follows: >50% probability of 3 people sharing a birthday - 88 people; >50% probability of 4 people sharing a birthday - 187 people {{OEIS|A014088}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minimal number of people to give a 50% probability of having at least n coincident birthdays in one year. |url=https://oeis.org/A014088 |website=The On-line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences |publisher=OEIS |access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
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