Question

In a family with 6 ​children, excluding multiple​ births, what is the probability of having 5 boys and 1​ girl, in any​ order

Answer 1

First,we would list out the possibilities to find the probability:

Let G represent girl and B represent boy,here are the possibilities:

1)GGGGGG
2)GBBBBB
3)GGBBBB
4)GGGBBB
5)GGGGBB
6)GGGGGB
7)BBBBBB

Since there are 7 probabilities,the probability is 1/7.

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