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Given a family with four children, find the probability of the event. All are boys. The probability that all are boys

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Answer:

0.0625

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of children in the family = 4

The possible combination of genders:


|\Omega|=2^4=16

The event that all are boys, |A|=1

Therefore, the probability that all are boys:


\begin{gathered} P(A)=(1)/(16) \\ =0.0625 \end{gathered}

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