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midnight rain 03-02-2013 02:47 PM

A woman has two kids, one of them is a girl
 
What are the chances the other is also a girl?

Goofle 03-02-2013 02:49 PM

I am gonna go out on a limb and say 50%.

midnight rain 03-02-2013 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goofle11 (Post 1292321)
I am gonna go out on a limb and say 50%.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say vote :wave:

MoonlitSunshine 03-02-2013 02:55 PM

Assuming that the chance that the father will supply an X or a Y chromosome is equal (i/e, 50/50) then 50%. Why did you say 33%, Tuna?

midnight rain 03-02-2013 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine (Post 1292324)
Assuming that the chance that the father will supply an X or a Y chromosome is equal (i/e, 50/50) then 50%. Why did you say 33%, Tuna?

I'm going to wait for a few more responses before explaining my position :)

Burning Down 03-02-2013 03:40 PM

Not that I think it would matter a whole lot, but do the kids have the same father? I read once during an anthropology class that if a couple has one child, subsequent children are more likely to be of the same gender as the first child. This theory wouldn't apply if the children had different fathers, because it's something to do with the process of meiosis in the man's body, and every man is different.

Same father: I'll say 66% more likely that the other child is also a girl. Not a poll option but I could add it for you if you want. (You already have 33% up there.)

Different father: 50% or less.

Janszoon 03-02-2013 03:41 PM

If the two kids are identical twins, then I guess the answer would be 100%.

Exo 03-02-2013 03:44 PM

If I know math; which I don't; then the answer is 42.

Burning Down 03-02-2013 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon (Post 1292345)
If the two kids are identical twins, then I guess the answer would be 100%.

Damn. You edited your post before I could reply to it, lol

Janszoon 03-02-2013 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down (Post 1292347)
Damn. You edited your post before I could reply to it, lol

Haha! But, really, the whole world is girls.


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