In one nation, having a daughter is traditionally prefferable to having a son. Therefore, a couple will continue to have children until a daughter is born. Once they have a daughter, they will stop. (Assume that it is possible for a couple to have an unlimited number of children)

If the chance of a boy or a girl being born is equal, what would be the ratio boys to girls in this country?

(In reply to re(2): Wasn't it obvious? by TomM)

I was about to write a whole argument disproving your statement, but when I got to an actual example with numbers where there was a hard limit set on family size it dawned on me that you are actually correct :) I concede the point.

Posted by levik on 2002-07-09 04:30:34