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Perhaps people would be more likely to give the correct answer if "at least one of them is a girl" is rephrased as the equivalent "the youngest is a girl or the
by tromp 1y ago
Perhaps people would be more likely to give the correct answer if "at least one of them is a girl" is rephrased as the equivalent "the youngest is a girl or the oldest is a girl".
- justonceokay 1y agoWell constructing a different question to remove the “trick” of the problem is one approach. Kind of the “no child left behind” approach to riddles.
- renewiltord 1y agoAnother way is to say: the probability is 1/3, what is the probability? In this way, more people can answer it correctly, though perhaps not all.
- kgwgk 1y agoMaybe people would be more likely to give the correct answer if the problem had _one_ correct answer. :-)