There are 16 ways their 4 children could turn out, all assumed equally likely: ways number of boys 1. BBBB 4 2. BBBG 3 3. BBGB 3 4. BBGG 2 5. BGBB 3 6. BGBG 2 7. BGGB 2 8. BGGG 1 9. GBBB 3 10. GBBG 2 11. GBGB 2 12. GBGG 1 13. GGBB 2 14. GGBG 1 15. GGGB 1 16. GGGG 0 So there are 5 numbers of boys, that X can take on, 0 through 4. 1 way to have 0 boys out of 16 ways to have 4 children. 4 ways to have 1 boy out of 16 ways to have 4 children. 6 ways to have 2 boys out of 16 ways to have 4 children. 4 ways to have 3 boys out of 16 ways to have 4 children. 1 way to have 4 boys out of 16 ways to have 4 children. So the answer is: X p(X) 1. 0 1/16 2. 1 4/16 reduces to 1/4 3. 2 6/16 reduces to 3/8 4. 3 4/16 reduces to 1/4 5. 4 1/16 Notice that the sum of all the probabilities is 16/16 = 1. None are negative. None are greater than 1. Edwin