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document.write( "Boys and girls. Alice and Bill are planning to have three children. (Assume it is equally likely for a boy or a girl to be born.) Give the probability as a decimal.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What is the probability that not all three will be of the same gender?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that not all three will be of the same gender is .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(all 3 are girls) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(all 3 are boys) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "P(all 3 are of the same gender) = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F8+%2B+1%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F8+%2B+1%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability that not all three will be of the same gender is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-%281%2F4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-%281%2F4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 0.75.\r<BR>\n" );
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