SOLUTION: Find the probability of getting at least one girl when a couple has five children. Assume that boys and girls are equally likely and that the sex of any child is independent of the
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Question 101983: Find the probability of getting at least one girl when a couple has five children. Assume that boys and girls are equally likely and that the sex of any child is independent of the others. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Find the probability of getting at least one girl when a couple has five children. Assume that boys and girls are equally likely and that the sex of any child is independent of the others.
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The easiest way to figure this is to find P(no girls in 5 births) = (1/2)^5
= 1/32
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The P(at least one girl in 5 births) = 1 - 1/32 = 31/32
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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