SOLUTION: In a rabbit family with 4 offsprings find the probability that there will be at least 1 male and 1 female in the offsprings

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Question 850519: In a rabbit family with 4 offsprings find the probability that there will be at least 1 male and 1 female in the offsprings
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Look at the possible outcomes, there are 2^4 or 16 of them,
Only two of them have all males or all females and do not meet the criteria of having at least 1 males and 1 female.
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So 14/16 do meet the criteria,
P=14%2F16=7%2F8