SOLUTION: what is the probability that a family with four children, whose first child is a boy, will have exactly two boys in the family?

SOLUTION: what is the probability that a family with four children, whose first child is a boy, will have exactly two boys in the family?

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Question 200172: what is the probability that a family with four children, whose first child is a boy, will have exactly two boys in the family?
Answer by javeria13(7) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
50% chance of 2 boys.
1/2
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