document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=389182>Question 389182</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Assume the probability is 1/2 that a child born is a girl.  If a family has three children, what is the probability that they have (a) exactly one girl?  (b) at most two boys? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "if a family has 3 children... half of 3 is 1.5... round down, and that equals 1.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/3 is about 33% so that the answer to a. </SPAN>\n" );
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