Author: fca
Date: 16:52:44 08/31/98
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On August 29, 1998 at 22:24:12, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On August 29, 1998 at 19:21:48, Serge Desmarais wrote: > >> >> >>So, since we know one is a boy (B), in 1/3 of the cases the second kid will be a >>boy, in 1/3 of the cases it will be a girl (G) and in the last third of cases, >>it will be ??? :) >> >> >>Serge Desmarais > >No, in 2/3 of the cases it will be a girl. I've deliberately kept out of this one till it ran its course... ;-) José and Dan are completely correct. Serge, I sympathize with your outrage at the absurdity: however, please direct it not at the answer (1/3 is correct) but *AT THE QUESTION* :-) In RL, it is obvious some "ordering" would exist, hence 1/2 is the correct answer to any sensible questions of the sort. But the question asked made it clear there was no ordering, and was a _bad_ question. This is where I came in. Kind regards fca
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