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Question 935481: In the preliminary test of a geneder selection method, 21 babies were born and 20 of them were boys.
Find the number of different possible sequences of genders that are possible when 21 babies are born
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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In the preliminary test of a geneder selection method, 21 babies were born and 20 of them were boys.
Find the number of different possible sequences of genders that are possible when 21 babies are born
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Each birth is either a boy or not a boy::
Ans:: 2^21 = 2,097,152
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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