Social media can host some questions that divide everyone from time to time. But the effects of a probability question shared on Twitter in the past days are still being felt. Shared by Atilla Yurtseven on his Twitter account, “Ahmet has two children. One of the children is a boy. What is the probability that the other child is a girl?” The parties, who gave the question and two different answers, continue to argue with each other.
Atilla Yurtseven’s question received a 50% response, with a 79.5% majority on Twitter. Only 7.2% of the respondents answered 66.6%, which Atilla Yurtseven found correct. But the question raised the conflict of probability and probability. While those who answered 50% solved the question based on probability, those who answered 66.6% tried to explain the question based on probability.
Before moving on to the answers and explanations, let’s ask you the question once again; “Ahmet has two children. One of the children is a boy. What is the probability that the other child is a girl?”
The post that started the discussion:
So what’s the solution to this problem?
According to Atilla Yurtseven, who asked the question and stood next to the probabilistic crew, the solution to the problem is as follows:
On the other hand, the crew who answered this question based on probability is the percentage of the answer of the question. He argues that there are 50:
So what do you think is the correct answer to the question? After the explanations, did your initial answer change?
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