Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.7 - Probability - Exercise Set - Page 1119: 23

Answer

The required probability is, $\frac{7}{8}$

Work Step by Step

We know that the sample space of equally likely outcomes is $\left\{ MMM,MMF,MFM,MFF,FMM,FMF,FFM,FFF \right\}$ Thus $ n\left( S \right)=8$ Let $ E $ be the event of obtaining at least one male child; then $ E=\left\{ MMM,MMF,MFM,MFF,FMM,FMF,FFM \right\}$ Therefore, $ n\left( E \right)=7$ Thus, the probability of obtaining at least one male child is: $\begin{align} & P\left( E \right)=\frac{n\left( E \right)}{n\left( S \right)} \\ & =\frac{7}{8} \end{align}$
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