Another interesting puzzle

Your friend has two children. You meet one of them and find out that he is a boy. What is the probability that the other child is a girl?

P.S. - A child can only be a boy or girl

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greatvishal swami ·

out of two one child is fixed
we have to find possi of a girl as second child from possibility of b,g
so 1/2
think celes

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Celestine preetham ·

no dude i was refering to conditional prob

P(bg/b) = P(bgΛb)/P(b) = 2/3

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Celestine preetham ·

no dude i was refering to conditional prob

P(bg/b) = P(bgΛb)/P(b) = 2/3

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greatvishal swami ·

ya bt i dont see the conditions for cond prob
anyways the Q for mag. dipole mom. is interesting share ur views akand & celes

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varun ·

i don't think you should take gb and bg as different as it is not given if the child met is first child or second... so only the diff cases - bb,gg,bg should be taken.

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Celestine preetham ·

u must take bg ,gb as diff

during child birth gettin a mixture of boy,girl is more favourable.

if u take bg,gb as same theres a contradiction

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Celestine preetham ·

a commonsense view uld tell that 1/2 can never be ans as already a boy is found so prob of gettin another boy wud be lesser

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