glass_icarus: (katie coffee)
just another fork-tongued dragon lady ([personal profile] glass_icarus) wrote2011-10-16 12:40 pm

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Dear circle, a question!

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If you saw a problem that said "What is the probability that of three children, all are girls or boys?", would you interpret as:

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all = "girls or boys"
10 (21.3%)

"all girls OR all boys"
37 (78.7%)



(also, yes, gender-binary, I know.)
whymzycal: Atobe Keigo drinking some spiked coffee (atobe penal tea)

[personal profile] whymzycal 2011-10-16 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd assume the second (depending on the context of the question being asked) because that would be the default interpretation for most disciplines, but the first one would, as [personal profile] boundbooks says, be the technically correct interpretation.