Essentials of Statistics (5th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32192-459-2
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Chapter 4 - Probability - 4-2 Basic Concepts of Probability - Page 147: 40

Answer

$0.25$

Work Step by Step

We know that $probability=\frac{number \ of \ good \ outcomes}{number\ of\ all\ outcomes}$. We have 4 children, each of them can be a boy or a girl, therefore the number of opportunities is $2^{4}=16$, from which 4 are good because the following 4 opportunities are good: BGGG, GBGG, GGBG, GGGB. Therefore $probability=\frac{4}{16}=0.25$.
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