SOLUTION: Probability of a girl; Assuming that boys and girls are equally likely, (.50) find the probability of a couple having at least one boys after their fifth child is born, given that

SOLUTION: Probability of a girl; Assuming that boys and girls are equally likely, (.50) find the probability of a couple having at least one boys after their fifth child is born, given that

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Question 951499: Probability of a girl; Assuming that boys and girls are equally likely, (.50) find the probability of a couple having at least one boys after their fifth child is born, given that the first four children were all girls.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The probability remains the same at 0.5 regardless of how many children they have or what gender each child is.

So the answer is 0.5
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