Author: Serge Desmarais
Date: 21:20:18 08/31/98
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On August 31, 1998 at 19:52:44, fca wrote: >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 Yes, I understand the reasonning that was used perfectly, just that it did not seem to fit in the common sense logic. But as U stated, the question was probably not posed correctly... :) Serge Desmarais
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