Comments on: At Least One is a Boy https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/ Hopping Up Your Brain Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:29:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jingmin https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-982701 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:29:57 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-982701 There are totally four different situations, which are girl/boy, boy/girl, girl/girl, boy/boy

Bayes’ theorem can solve this problem. Let’s assume Event A: at least one child is a boy, Event B: they have two boys.
By Bayes’s theorem, we can get P(B|A) = P(B)*P(A|B)/P(A)
Obviously, P(B|A) is the answer of this question.

From the above four different situations but with equal probabilities, we can get that P(B)=1/4, P(A)=3/4, P(A|B)=1, so in this way, P(B|A) = 1/3

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By: NOne ya buisness!!!! https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-960143 Wed, 13 Mar 2019 01:30:39 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-960143 i think 50%

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By: Superwhiz Maths Person (also neutral as to not offend those who have a complex of themselves and others) https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-948598 Sun, 11 Mar 2018 01:01:50 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-948598 I say…there is a missing factor here that complexifies the issue.

Firstly, there is the birth defect, where a person could be born a hermaphrodite, and only in the future will they potentially choose one of two well-known surgical procedures – namely a lopadicome or an adadictome. This shows that the percentage of knowing whether the other child is girl or boy. It is also why a person with two feet has more feet than the average person, due to more people having one or less feet than there are those with three or more feet (feet=tarsals and associated appendages).

Secondly, in this day of being able to say to a man “How’s your husband?” and not getting a punch in the face, it is even more difficult to determine, as because a person grows up and is groomed by the lobby groups for their own desires, a person who one sees as a boy may see themselves as a girl, and a girl may see themselves as a boy.

These areas make it a little more difficult in determining the statistics of the statisticians.

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By: Liberty https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-929691 Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:22:26 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-929691 Everyone, I have seen this question come up many times in the past and I can give you the real answer along with the problem in this solution.

The answer is 50%, sorry “statisticians.” The logical flaw in this explanation is that you list out: boy-boy, boy-girl, girl-boy. You are listing that girl-boy and boy-girl are different options but fail to realize boy-boy could be boy1-boy2 and also boy2-boy1. the REAL possible outcomes are boy1-boy2, boy2-boy1, boy1-girl2, and girl1-boy2 = 50% chance of having two boys. I hope this helps explain things.

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By: Jackie https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-927292 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 02:17:55 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-927292 Still 50%

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By: Jay https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-923031 Wed, 08 Jun 2016 02:11:55 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-923031 I’m like I’m not reading all of this

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By: logic https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-920963 Wed, 06 Apr 2016 15:55:14 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-920963 take the 2 kids as 100% of a child, total being 200%, first child is 100% boy, 2nd one is 50% chance of being a boy, 100+50=150, 150/200= .75, .75×100=75%

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By: Audreybb18 https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-917855 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:22:13 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-917855 I think it’s 2/3.for boys.

This is really similar to the Monty Hall Problem.

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By: Justin https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-899653 Mon, 11 May 2015 19:13:38 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-899653 The answer IS 1/2.

The problem with your logic is such:
Not only is G/G not possible, but G/B is also not possible since we already know the gender of the first noted child (which is B).

The reason Ramon’s argument doesn’t work is that although the B could be considered either the first or the second child it DOES have to be one or the other (and in either case it still only yields two possible outcomes – not three).

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By: Ramón https://riddlesbrainteasers.com/least-one-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-880122 Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:38:42 +0000 http://riddlesbrainteasers.com/?p=564#comment-880122 After the Wikipedia article, I think this is a good way to explain it if someone says it’s “1/2”:

Imagine “At least one is a boy” is equivalent to being shown one boy, and being asked what the other’s gender is.

G/G is ruled out. Now, some people might consider that “G/B” is not a valid possibility either, because we’ve been shown “B” — and so, that the only possibilities are B/G and B/B.

However, G/B is valid: Whether it were B/G or G/B, we’ve been shown the B part of it. So with B/B, B/G, and G/B as possibilities, the probability of each is 1/3.

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