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To: mattstat
This is simply an ambiguously worded problem. The grammar used does not absolutely rule out that the other child is also a son born on a Tuesday. To be unambiguous, it should have said, "I have two children, one and only one is a son born on a Tuesday."

This is less a "tricky" probability question than a tricky and ambiguous grammar question. So I cry foul.

25 posted on 06/29/2010 5:10:17 AM PDT by drangundsturm
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To: drangundsturm

That ambiguity is irrelevant, and does NOT change the answer: 1/3.


27 posted on 06/29/2010 5:15:29 AM PDT by dangus
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