Question

A family has two children. M represents male, and F represents female. What is the sample space for the gender of the children?

a. {FM, FF, MM, MF}
b. {FF, MM}
c. {MF, FM}
d. {F, M}

Answer 1

A. The probability for each is 50%, which is only shown in the first answer. They have two children, so they have 4 possible outcomes.