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Given a family with four children, find the probability of the event. The youngest is a boy, given that the birth order alternates between girls and boys is

Respuesta :

Given that the birth alternates between a boy and a girl, there are 2 options which are as follows.

Let

G = Girls

B = boys

Therefore,

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{GBGB} \\ BGBG \end{gathered}[/tex]

The probability that the youngest will be a boy in this scenario will be

[tex]\frac{1}{2}[/tex]

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