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Boys and Girls


Mr. Jones has two children. The older child is a girl. What is the probability that both children are girls?

Mr. Smith has two children. Either the older or younger one is a boy. What is the probability that both children are boys?

The answers are not the same.

It can also be asked in the following manner:

Mr. Jones has two children, Ashley and Reagan. The Ashley is a girl. What is the probability that Reagan ia a girl?

Mr. Smith has two children, Drew and Jamie. He has at least one boy. What is the probability that both children are boys?