Boys versus girls

Boys versus girls

IB Year 5 | Grade 11

Assuming that a couple is equally likely to produce a girl or a boy, find the probability that in a family of \(5\) children there will be more boys than girls.

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Answer:\(\frac12\), assuming independent births with boy and girl probability \(\frac12\) each.

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