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Old 06-10-2010, 09:37 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
Umm.. no. If Dan had said "My first child was a boy" (or, of course, "my second child was a boy") then the probability of him having two boys would be 1/2.
That's where I got confused. Looking at my notes I see that I did have 13/27 originally but then I over thought the problem. Good puzzle!
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