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Question 1019320: On average, a fraction 0.48 of newborns are girls. What are the chances that in a family with 4 children there are exactly three daughters. Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You set it up like this
P = (.48)^3*(.52) = .0575 = 5.75%
What we did is multiply the odds of getting the three daughters (.48^3) with the odds of getting a son (.52).
