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What is the probability that a family with three children will have all girls?

A) 1/2
B) 1/8
C) 25%
D) .10​

User James Little
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B) 1/8 . i believe so
User Vsoni
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Answer:

B) 1/8

Explanation:

each child born has 50/50 to be a boy or a girl, so, we determine a Bernoulli process where p=0.5, and we need 3 out of 3 successes.

the probability will then be:

(0.5)³=0.125=1/8

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