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Assume that the probability of having a boy or a girl is 0.5. In a family...

  1. Assume that the probability of having a boy or a girl is 0.5. In a family of 5 children, what is the probability that:

a) all children are boys,


b) all the children are the same gender,

c) there is at least 1 girl.

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