Instructor: Conrad Perez

Student: Jennifer Tofan

Course: Math 21 Online (52031) - Spring Assignment: 8.4
Date: 05/08/23
2023

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Suppose that a family has 5 children.​Also, suppose that the probability of having a girl​(based on the gender assigned at​birth) is . Find the
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probability that the family has the following children.

Exactly 4 girls and 1 boy

If p is the probability of success in a single trial of a binomial​experiment, the probability of x successes and n − x failures in n independent
repeated trials of the​experiment, known as binomial​probability, is as shown below.

n−x
P(x successes in n trials) = ​C(n,x) • px • ​(1 − ​p)

Identify n. In this​case, n is the number of children.

n=5

Let be x the number of girls. Determine x.

x=4

Identify​p, the probability of success in a single trial. In this​case, p is the probability of having a girl​(based on the gender assigned at​birth).

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p=
2

n−x
Use the formula for the binomial​probability, ​C(n,x) • px • ​(1 − ​p) ​, to find the probability of having exactly 4 girls.

4 5−4
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P(exactly 4 girls) = C(5,4) 1−
2 2
5
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= 5 Evaluate C(5,4) and simplify.
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5
= Simplify.
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If the family has exactly 4 girls with 5 ​children, then the family will have 1 boy. ​Thus, the probability of having exactly 4 girls is equal to the
probability of having exactly 4 girls and 1 boy.

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Therefore, the probability of having exactly 4 girls and 1 boy is .
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