| ▲ | joshuaissac 4 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
Because GB is also a possibility. You are not told that the existing boy is the elder child. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jimmaswell 4 days ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
https://www.online-python.com/Q5leTWuvb6 https://www.online-python.com/RueVd2514m No matter how I frame or interpret this question, the birthdays and birth order appear completely irrelevant - the results are still ~0.50 as expected. Whatever the author was trying to say, they didn't communicate it well. I'm really curious exactly what word or phrase the author thought I was supposed to take to mean something else. If someone could edit one of these simulations to show what the author intended then that would probably be the clearest way. | |||||||||||||||||
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