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. Exactl

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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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