SOLUTION: A family of five children. Every child was born to be a boy or girl with 50% chance. The probability of this family having all five boys is
1/16
1/32
1/2
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Question 1066961: A family of five children. Every child was born to be a boy or girl with 50% chance. The probability of this family having all five boys is
1/16
1/32
1/2
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is 0.5^5 or (1/2)^5=1/32.
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