WHAT HAS 2 WIN RIDDLES WITH ANSWERS TO SOLVE - PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERS

A fireplace 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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She wanted to see a butterfly. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Butterfly Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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He melted Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Winter Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The outside. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A snowman. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Because Frost-bites! Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A Post Ofiice. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Saturn. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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It was not raining. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A snail. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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A library. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Smiles. There's a mile between the beginning and end. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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