SOLUTION: Assume that male and female borths are eqaully likely and that the birth of any child does not affect the probability of the gender of any other children. Find the probability of

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Question 11504: Assume that male and female borths are eqaully likely and that the birth of any child does not affect the probability of the gender of any other children. Find the probability of exactly seven boys in ten births.
Answer by khwang(438) About Me  (Show Source):
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Basic application of binomial distribution
C(10,7)(1/2)^10
= C(10,3)(1/2)^10
= 10*9*8/(6*1024)
= 120/1024
= 15/128

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