SOLUTION: A family has 6 children. Determine the probability that there are fewer than 3 male children in the family.
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A family has 6 children. Determine the probability that there are fewer than 3 male children in the family.
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It's a binomial problem with n=6, p=1/2, 0<=x<=2
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Using a TI caluculator I get: binomcdf(6,0.5,2) = 0.3438
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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