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Topic	Help me understand your reasoning in solving the following easy problem
iwantmyoldid 04/05/17 11:41:17 PM #74:	nurlen posted... iwantmyoldid posted... yutterh posted... GB is the exact same as BG They are NOT the same thing. At all. Look at it this way, having a boy and and a girl (regarless of order) is twice as likely as having two of one type, which shows that GB is not the same as BG (They add up to make boy+girl(ignoring order) twice as likely) Having a boy and a girl is as likely as having two of the same gender. Lets say you have two kids. The first born is a boy then the second born can be boy or girl. Lets say it is a Boy, then you have BoyBoy. Let's say it is a girl, then you have BoyGirl. Lets say the First was a girl, then you can Have GirlGirl or Girl Boy. The sample space of two childrens contain 4 possibilities., two of which have a boy and a girl, so boy+girl is twice as likely. Just look at the real world, how often do you see a family with two of the same sex compared to one of each? <cite>iwantmyoldid posted [p:876631554] in Help me un... [t:75200924]...</cite> <quote><cite>nurlen posted...</cite> <quote><cite>iwantmyoldid posted...</cite> <quote><cite>yutterh posted...</cite> <quote>GB is the exact same as BG</quote> They are NOT the same thing. At all. Look at it this way, having a boy and and a girl (regarless of order) is twice as likely as having two of one type, which shows that GB is not the same as BG (They add up to make boy+girl(ignoring order) twice as likely)</quote> Having a boy and a girl is as likely as having two of the same gender.</quote> Lets say you have two kids. The first born is a boy then the second born can be boy or girl. Lets say it is a Boy, then you have BoyBoy. Let's say it is a girl, then you have BoyGirl. Lets say the First was a girl, then you can Have GirlGirl or Girl Boy. The sample space of two childrens contain 4 possibilities., two of which have a boy and a girl, so boy+girl is twice as likely. Just look at the real world, how often do you see a family with two of the same sex compared to one of each?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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