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What is the probability of having 3 boys and one girl in a family with four children assume there is an equal probability of having a boy or girl

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1/4 IS THE ANSWER

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Answer:

1/4

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4C1 for the one girl, since the order that they are born doesn't matter, so 4 possibilities. Each child has two possibilities, either a boy or a girl, so 2*2*2*2 is the total possibilities. 4/2^4 simplifies to 1/4.

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