Cat says Meo Meo.. :D !!!

A kitten has a 50% chance to be male or female.

Clavin's cat just delivered two adorable kittens named Calv and Clava.

The veterinarian Goutham said that at least one of them is female.

What is the probability that the other kitten is a boy?

Note

suppose your answer is 24/5 then write it in decimal as 4.8 ---(2 place of decimal will do giving the approximate value)


The answer is 0.67.

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3 solutions

Venture Hi
Oct 7, 2014

Lets consider the sample space or all possible outcomes : (f,f),(m,m),(f,m),(m.f) where f and m denote female and male. Since we are told that at least one of the kitten is female, we can strike off (m,m). The question ask what is the probability that the other is a boy which only can happen if it is (f,m) or (m,f) out of the other 3 combinations. Hencee, answer is 2/3.

Consider the following possible scenarios, each having 1 4 \frac{1}{4} chance of occuring.

Calv - M, Clava - M

Calv - F, Clava - M

Calv - M, Clava - F

Calv - F, Clava - F

Now consider the cases where at least one of them is female.

Calv - F, Clava - M

Calv - M, Clava - F

Calv - F, Clava - F

In those three scenarios, the remaining kitten is female in 1 1 scenario, and the remaining kitten is male in 2 2 scenarios.

So the answer is 2 3 = 0.666... 0.67 \frac{2}{3}=0.666... \approx \boxed{0.67} .

answer is 2/3

which can be written in decimals as 0.66666666.... or

0.67 (approximately)

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Satvik Golechha - 6 years, 9 months ago

Why is it 2/3? I thought the cat was yoloswag and had a 101% chance of being alien?

Heal Teranaki - 6 years, 9 months ago

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looooooool

math man - 6 years, 9 months ago

how on earth ??

Clavin Rali - 6 years, 9 months ago

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