ON A SUNDAY MORNING THE OLDEST GIRL IN A FAMILY WAS MURDERED THE FATH RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS TO SOLVE - PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERS

7. Each girl has the same brother. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Your mother Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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I must be 23 if my father is twice as old as me. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A chimp off the old block! 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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One of the 'fathers' is also a grandfather. Therefore the other father is both a son and a father to the grandson.

In other words, the one father is both a son and a father. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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QT. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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In a dictionary Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Pockets. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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They were two of triplets Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Forever Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Joshua, the son of Nun. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Carbon. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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I am a square. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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I'm your little BB! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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