SOLUTION: Suppose that a family has 4 children. Also, suppose that the probability of having a girl is one half
. Find the probability that the family has the following children.
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Question 1153298: Suppose that a family has 4 children. Also, suppose that the probability of having a girl is one half
. Find the probability that the family has the following children.
Exactly 3 girls and 1 boy
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let denote the number of girls in independent births, where each has a probability
we denote this by
~binomial(,)
probability of number of girls is:
where
, ,
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