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dinosaur

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    Comment #420794

    Sorry; you are definitely right about that. I was so focused on the mom with the T-shirt that I did not even think about being able to count the states with the girl, but yes, the …

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    Comment #419399

    No, I don't think the label "picked up from a police station" affects the problem the way you are thinking. What I believe you are not accounting for is that there are twice as man…

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    Comment #416687

    Can you give me your reasoning? I think the only conclusions you can get from that quote is that the person has two children, and at least one of those is a girl. Do you disagree w…

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    Comment #416519

    I don't agree; Jeff was not giving a quote. Instead it is just the relevant information abstracted from whatever the person said. By choosing the quote you did, you have added more…

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    Comment #416475

    I'm not sure what you mean be equivalent, but the relevant point is that a family is twice as likely to have one boy and one girl than have two girls.