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Question 183039: a family has 5 children. the probabilty of having a girl is 1/2. what is the probabilty of having 2 girls followed by 3 boys? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a family has 5 children. the probabilty of having a girl is 1/2. what is the probabilty of having 2 girls followed by 3 boys?
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There are 2^5= 32 different boy-girl patterns for a 5 child family.
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There is only one way to have 2 girls folled by 3 boys
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The probability of having 2 girls followed by 3 boys = 1/32
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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