SOLUTION: Assume that having a child with brown eyes or blue eyes are equally likely and that eye color is independent of the other children. What is the probability of having 5 children wit
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Question 799196: Assume that having a child with brown eyes or blue eyes are equally likely and that eye color is independent of the other children. What is the probability of having 5 children with brown eyes? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Assume that having a child with brown eyes or blue eyes are equally likely and that eye color is independent of the other children. What is the probability of having 5 children with brown eyes?
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P(blue) = P(brown) = 1/2
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P(5 brown) = (1/2)^5 = 1/32
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Stan H.
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