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Fun with Probabilities: Introduction
I recently puzzled through some interesting probability riddles with some co-workers, and thought I would share. It comes in two parts (somewhat related). To allow you to work these out on your own without *accidentally* seeing the answer, I’ll simply state the riddles on this note, and provide the answers on the second 🙂
Here goes:
Puzzle #1: I have two children. One of my children is a boy. What is the probability that I have two boys?
Puzzle #2: I have two children. One of my children is a boy who was born on Tuesday. What is the probability that I have two boys?
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