A BOY AND GIRL ARE ST RIDDL RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS TO SOLVE - PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERS

Black Friday Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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An ice-burglar. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Santa Pause Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Because they can hold up traffic. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A piano Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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With Steer-ing wheels. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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She stole the base and went home. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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I am an elevator Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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He lives on the roof. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The Troposphere Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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1/3

This is a famous question in understanding conditional probability, which simply means that given some information you might be able to get a better estimate.

The following are possible combinations of two children that form a sample space in any earthly family:

Boy - Girl
Girl - Boy
Boy - Boy
Girl - Girl

Since we know one of the children is a boy, we will drop the girl-girl possibility from the sample space.
This leaves only three possibilities, one of which is two boys. Hence the probability is 1/3 Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Envelope. Eye is a potential alternative. When spoken out loud it sounds like a single letter (I). Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Take away its chair Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A stick-in-the-mud Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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"I had better book it out of here." Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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