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To: AbeLincoln

In my case, it is.

But how about Mr B? Here’s a twist: Mr B has two children, one of whom is a son born on 29 June. What is the probability that Mr B has two boys?


17 posted on 06/29/2010 4:58:01 AM PDT by mattstat
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To: mattstat

I forgot to say about the twist: ignore leap years.


21 posted on 06/29/2010 5:00:40 AM PDT by mattstat
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To: mattstat

Still exactly 1/3.


22 posted on 06/29/2010 5:01:16 AM PDT by dangus
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To: mattstat
But how about Mr B? Here’s a twist: Mr B has two children, one of whom is a son born on 29 June. What is the probability that Mr B has two boys?

If you ignore twins it will be 729/1459 or 49.9657%. Very close to 50% because the odds of having both born on 29 June is very low.

I don't think ignoring twins is valid in this case because you are far more likely to have twins (I saw about 3%, but I don't know if that is 3% of births or pregnancies) than just randomly sharing birthdays (0.28% chance).

49 posted on 06/29/2010 6:56:31 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Gun control was originally to protect Klansmen from their victims. The basic reason hasn't changed.)
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