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Find the probability that the birth days of six different persons will fall in exactly two calendar months.

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Since anyone's birthday can fall in one of 12 months, so total number of ways is `12^(6)`.
Now, any two months can be chosen in `.^(12)C_(2)` ways. The six birthdays can fall in these two months in `2^(6)` ways. Out of these `2^(6)` ways there are two ways when all the six birthdays fall in one month. So, favorable number of ways is `.^(12)C_(2) xx (2^(6) - 2)`. Hence, required probability is
`(.^(12)C_(2)xx(2^(6)-2))/(12^(6))=(12xx11xx(2^(5-1)))/(12^(6)) = (341)/(12^(5))`
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