Assume that the probability of a child being a boy or a girl is 1/2 , and that genders are independent events. In a family of four children, the probability that three of them have the same gender is?
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For the first scenario (three boys and one girl), the probability is calculated as follows: - The probability of having a boy is 1/2. Since we have three boys, we raise this to the power of 3, which gives us (1/2)^3 = 1/8. - The probability of having a girl is Show more…
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