Health and Wellness Assume that the gender distribution of

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Health and Wellness Assume that the gender distribution of babies is such that one-half the time females are born and one-half the time males are born. In a family of 3 children, what is the probability that all are girls? In a family of 4? Is it unusual that in a family with 4 children all would be girls? In a family of 5?

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QUESTION:

Health and Wellness Assume that the gender distribution of babies is such that one-half the time females are born and one-half the time males are born. In a family of 3 children, what is the probability that all are girls? In a family of 4? Is it unusual that in a family with 4 children all would be girls? In a family of 5?

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In a family the gender distribution of babies is such that one -half the time females are born and one-half the time males are born.

We have to find the following.

  1. In a family of 3 children, the probability that all are girls.
  2. In a family of 4 children, the probability that all are girls.
  3. We have to determine whether it is an unusual that in a family with 4 children all would be girls.
  4. We have to determine whether it is an unusual that in a family with 5 children all would be girls.

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