document.write( "Question 816629: If you have 20 women what is the probability they all have girls? I know that each mom has a 1/2 chance of having a girl (.5) \r
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document.write( "P(all 20 offsprings are female) =\r
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document.write( "My book says the answer is 0.000000954. How do I get that answer? I tried using my calculator and imputing .5^20. Did not work. \r
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document.write( "Help appreciated :). \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #491619 by erica65404(394)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! there might be something wrong with your calculator or you might have entered it wrong. I entered it just like this \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "It gave me an answer of .000000954. You did the problem right. \n" ); document.write( " |