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    Quote Originally Posted by Phage0070 View Post
    Thats totally wrong. You have to pay attention to which sibling you are talking about, you can't just switch them around in the combination. BG is not the same as GB because its a different kid. If we know the first child is a boy then GB isn't a possible combination and is ruled out.
    We don't know which sibling is a boy which means both BG and GB are valid. That was the point of this riddle.

    The thing is, we can't know the probability of the second child being a boy or a girl from that alone. Just because we have assessed that there are two options doesn't mean that they are equally likely. Simply due to population trends, it is slightly more likely that the other child is a girl. Not much though, something like 52% preference.
    There are significantly more newborn boys than girls, but men die at a younger age than women. In France, for example, there are 107 boys born for every 100 girls.

    U.N. estimates vary between 101-100 and 103-100 of men outnumbering women in the world.

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    I love the idea of a Riddle thread, but lets keep them all to one topic to avoid spamming up the forums. Thanks

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    Quote Originally Posted by Huibert-Jan View Post
    We don't know which sibling is a boy which means both BG and GB are valid. That was the point of this riddle.
    Thats irrelevant. Whichever one we are talking about, thats the one we have to stick with when considering the options. I pointed out what you would do if it was the first one *or* the second one, and it turns out the same. You are simply completely wrong with the probability here.

    Quote Originally Posted by Huibert-Jan View Post
    There are significantly more newborn boys than girls, but men die at a younger age than women. In France, for example, there are 107 boys born for every 100 girls.
    Then it could flip from one to the other depending on the age of the children.

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    Sry guys just found the mistake, my side, bad bad Grinder ill make a pretty good one for the next i promise!

    Thanks for the corrections!
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    This is false. Take for instance, flipping a quarter. You can have HT, TT, HH, TH. However, the outcome of the second flip has NOTHING to do with the outcome of the first flip. Both are 50/50 (ignoring genetic pre-disposition towards a gender).
    exactly 1/3 of a chance is illogical when its a 50/50 chance
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    Another round riddle riddle

    You have a tight grip on me
    I cant escape
    I'll help you pointing at stuff
    You could be using me right now!

    What am I?

    make a guess
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    Alucard: I get that a lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by schnel View Post
    My mouse/cursor?
    you solved the riddle! yay

    wanna go for a real hard one?

    ---------- Post added 2010-12-22 at 08:36 AM ----------

    Why is a quarrel like a bargain?

    make a guess

    it's a classic one
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    Alucard: I get that a lot.

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    Yeh man, give us a go.

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    like this~~~~~~~

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    Quote Originally Posted by crazed View Post
    Yeh man, give us a go.

    Why is a quarrel like a bargain?

    make a guess

    it's a classic one
    Alexander Anderson: You monster.
    Alucard: I get that a lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grinder View Post
    Why is a quarrel like a bargain?

    make a guess

    it's a classic one
    because both take two people to make

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hadrone View Post
    because both take two people to make
    you solved the riddle!

    You know where it's from?

    Well i'll post another riddle in the afternoon
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    Quote Originally Posted by Grinder View Post
    you solved the riddle!

    You know where it's from?

    Well i'll post another riddle in the afternoon
    oh yes. i remember the answer from batman lol.

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    More riddles please!! I'm checking this post daily waiting for someone to put some new ones :P
    :O !

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    make a bet on yourself that u will loose!

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    I have one:

    No matter how much you use it, you will still change it only once a month.

    Edit: actualy, no matter how much or how less
    :O !

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    Easy, you half-fail - Then he'll like totally fail! Aaaand u win!! ;D

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