Archives

Recent Comments

Popular Threads

« Doogie Howser for Old Spice | Main | De.icio.us Links for 2008-07-09 »

July 09, 2008

Marginal Revolution: A Girl Named Florida

Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution, who apparently wants to make your brain hurt, shares some problems from Leonard Mlodinow's The Drunkard's Walk:

A family has two children. What is the probability that both are girls if at least one is a girl? 

Now, what is the probability of a family having two girls if they have one girl named Florida?

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c56cb53ef00e5539061908833

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Marginal Revolution: A Girl Named Florida:

Comments

The comments to this entry are closed.

Like Us on Facebook

David on Twitter

Rip on Twitter

Russell on Twitter

Top Commenters

Blog powered by TypePad
Member since 05/2004