SOLUTION: If a person were to have 14 children in a row, all female, what is the probability that the next child will be female?
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! If a person were to have 14 children in a row, all female, what is the probability that the next child will be female?
Your teacher probably wants you to answer . This may be the correct
answer in a math class. However, this is not the case in reality. Some men's
sperm contains more X chromosomes that Y-chromosomes, as is likely the case
since he's fathered 14 female children. So in reality the probability would be
much higher than .
Edwin
