SOLUTION: Assume the probability is 1/2 that a child born at any time is a girl and births are independent. What is the probability of the event that if a family has five children​ (no twi

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Question 1138443: Assume the probability is 1/2 that a child born at any time is a girl and births are independent. What is the probability of the event that if a family has five children​ (no twins), they are all girls​?
Answer by ikleyn(52790) About Me  (Show Source):
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The probability is  %281%2F2%29%5E5 = 1%2F2%5E5 for this case.


Notice, that the probability is THE SAME for any other concrete configuration 

of gender between the children in the family, from older to younger, under the given conditions.