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rstrats
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Message 46 of 48 (732807)
07-11-2014 5:47 AM 		Reply to: Message 45 by Minnemooseus
07-10-2014 11:40 PM

Re: The 2 children puzzler
Minnemosseus,
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re: "... suppose a different mother has two kids and one of them is a boy. What are the chances that the other one is a boy?"
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Are you sure that you have stated that correctly?
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Message 47 of 48 (732808)
07-11-2014 5:50 AM 		Reply to: Message 46 by rstrats
07-11-2014 5:47 AM

Re: The 2 children puzzler
Yeah, shouldn't it be "at least of them is a boy"? Otherwise it's not that hard a puzzle.
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Message 48 of 48 (732869)
07-11-2014 7:31 PM 		Reply to: Message 46 by rstrats
07-11-2014 5:47 AM

Re: The 2 children puzzler
Are you sure that you have stated that correctly?
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It was an unedited copy/paste from the source.
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