So, my work requires that if you log into the network from home to use one of those RSA token cards with 6 digits that change every 30 seconds.
However, it seems that almost every number that comes up, there's a pattern. Like repeated digits, or even multiple repeated digits, or the first 3 numbers being very close to the last 3 numbers.
So, I bring to you the probability of there being at least 2 duplicate digits for an n-digit number.
1- 0%
2 - 10%
3 - 30%
n - n!/(n-2)!2! * 10%
... okay I'm too lazy. And I'm wrong too. This formula counts a bunch of permutations repeated times, and I'm too lazy to figure out the right answer. I first figured out it was wrong when 5 digits came out at 100%. Oh well.
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