jeancope78
jeancope78 jeancope78
  • 01-01-2018
  • Mathematics
contestada

Suppose a family has four children. What is the probability that at least two are female?

PLEASE PROVIDE EXPLANATION(:

Respuesta :

Аноним Аноним
  • 01-01-2018
P(all 4 are male) = 1/2^4 = 1/16  ( assuming  probability of 1 male = 1/2)

P( 3 are male) =   1/2^4*4  = 1/4

The rest will have at least 2 females

So probability of at least 2 females) = 1 - 1/16 - 1/4 =  1 - 5/16 = 11/16 answer
Answer Link

Otras preguntas

Lena is choosing a 2 -letter password from the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F. The password cannot have the same letter repeated in it. How many such passwords
Consider an assembly line with 20 stations. Each station has a 0.5% probability of making a defect. At the end of the line, an inspection step singles out the d
PLS HELP ASAP I NEED HELP!
Drugs that speed up the functioning of the nervous system are called ________.
Give the nuclear symbol for the isotope of phosphorus for which a=31? enter the nuclear symbol for the isotope (e.g., 42he).
what is the answer to ¿Necesita usted esa taza? in spanish
A driver's education course compared 1,500 students who had not taken the course with 1,850 students who had. Of those students who did not take the driver's ed
Read the excerpt from Outcasts United. "She's a girl," he said. "She doesn't know what she's talking about." Luma ordered him to stand in goal. She took off he
Depending on the programming language being used, modules are also known as ____ . subroutines, procedures, or methods subroutines, code bits, or methods tasks,
How many hours are in a year?