Thursday, September 23, 2010

006 - Two Sons

In the town of Gentford, newborns are equally likely to be male as female.  Out of all inhabitants of Gentford who have at least one son, Gunther is typical.  He has exactly two children.  What is the probability that he has two sons?

(For the purposes of this puzzle, assume that gender options in newborns are limited to "male" or "female".)