Question

A family has seven sons. the chance that their eighth child will be a daughter is _____. one chance in seven one chance in eight one chance in two practically none

Answer 1

The correct answer is one chance in two. The parents can only have either a boy or a girl, therfore there are two different options for what the new child might be. The amount of sons they had before this child does no affect the probability.

Answer 2

the answer is 1/8 hopes this helps.