document.write( "Question 1144390: In a random selected family of three biologically theirs, normally conceived children, find the probability that this family has:
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document.write( "(A)  The probability that all 3 children are of the same gender =     \r\n" );
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document.write( "         = The probability of   =   to have 3 girls \r\n" );
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document.write( "     PLUS\r\n" );
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document.write( "           the probability of   =   to have 3 boys =\r\n" );
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document.write( "     =  +  =  = .    ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "(B)  P = P(BBG) + P(BGB) + P(GBB) + P(GGB) + P(GBG) + P(GGB) =  = .     ANSWER\r\n" );
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document.write( "Notice that the probability of the n.B  is the complement to the probability of the n.A, as it should be.\r\n" );
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