SOLUTION: Assuming all sex distributions to be equally probable, what proportion of families with exactly six children should be expected to have three boys and three girls?

Question 424648: Assuming all sex distributions to be equally probable, what proportion of families with exactly six children should be expected to have three boys and three girls?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assuming all sex distributions to be equally probable, what proportion of families with exactly six children should be expected to have three boys and three girls?
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# of 6-child families with 3 boys = 6C3 = 20
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# of different boy-girl family patterns: 2^6 = 64
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Proportion: 20/64 = 5/16
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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