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BOYS ONLY

On the island of Tutu, half the population was male and half was female. The King wanted to boost the male population. “From now on,” he decreed to his people, ‘you may have as many children in your family as you wish UNTIL you have a girl. Once you have had a girl, you will not be allowed to have any more children.”

Twenty years later, the King carried out a census. What had happened to the proportion of males on the island?