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markfiend wrote:We can ignore the dog that we already know is male.
A man has a dog of non-specified gender. What is the chance of it being male?
Obviously 0.5
paint it black wrote:option B, equally valid, discount female female, therefore is 1/3
That option is just a red herring and not statistically valid.
nope, this is one of the most talked about probability problems. nobody has come up with the definative answer. I was posed it a few weeks ago and reasoned 1/2, but no... and so
A big Indian and a little Indian are walking down the street. The little Indian is the big Indian's son, but the big Indian is not the little Indian's father. How is this possible?