/fpg/ - Frog Problem General

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Let's say hypothetically for the sake of argument you are walking through a forest when you hear a croak from a pair of frogs of the same species . You do not know which frog croaked. You know only males of this species croak and are otherwise indistinguishable from females . Croaking is random and independent from other frogs, females and males exist in equal proportion and in arbitrarily large amounts, and frogs congregate randomly and independent of other frogs.

What is the probability that both frogs are male i.e.

This is NOT a homework problem, jannies (), as there are no frogs in my house .