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  1. #1
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    Which puzzle do I solve?

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    if we assume there is a 50-50% chance of having a girl or a boy then:

    so what is the chance that you have a girl first?

    50%, what is the chance you have a girl again? 50% and so on

    so:

    1 boy 50% chance
    1 boy + 1 girl 25% chance
    1 boy + 2 girl 12.5% chance
    1 boy + 3 girl 6.25% chance
    etc
    --------------------------
    Number of boys is:
    SUM as n goes from 1 to infinity of (0.5^n)
    Number of girls is:
    SUM as n goes from 1 to infinity of ((n-1)*0.5^(n+1))

    so the ratio is the ratio of those two values.

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