Wow, works good. I should learn python :) But yeah, you were absolutely right! It was hard for me to figure out because I was trying to find a mathematical reason for this, and I was wrong. I finally figured it out mathematically. The way you posit the problem the probability that the asked parents have another boy is (1/2)-(1/7/2).
This is really counter intuitive, the open vs. closed probability set through me off. Hey, thanks for putting up with my stubbornness!
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Here's my attempt in python: http://pastebin.com/tSDK1uRv
the range(0,10000) may not be correct, it might need to be 1,10000
Wow, works good. I should learn python :) But yeah, you were absolutely right! It was hard for me to figure out because I was trying to find a mathematical reason for this, and I was wrong. I finally figured it out mathematically. The way you posit the problem the probability that the asked parents have another boy is (1/2)-(1/7/2).
This is really counter intuitive, the open vs. closed probability set through me off. Hey, thanks for putting up with my stubbornness!