Question

In a country that only wants girls, every family continues to have children until they have a girl. If they have a boy, they have another child. If they have a girl, they stop. What is the proportion of boys to girls in the country

Answer 1

Complete Question

In a country in which people only want Girls, every family continues to have children until they have a Girl. If they have Girl, they stop. If they have boy, they will continuous have child. Assuming that the birthrate of Girl is 52%, what is the proportion of Girl in the country?

Answer:

0.52

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

52% is the birthrate of Girls

Therefore

`(52)/(100) =0.52`

0.52 is the proportion of Girls to boys in that country