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Question 560923: Assuming that the gender of a person is determined at random, determine the probability that a family with three children has exactly one boy Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Assuming that the gender of a person is determined at random, determine the probability that a family with three children has exactly one boy
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Binomial Problem with n = 3 and p(boy) = 1/2
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P(x = 1) = 3C1*(1/2)(1/2)^2 = 3/8
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Stan H.
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