1 in 2 children born will be male.
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The probability of a boy (male) is equal to the probability of a girl (female) which equals 1/2. The king is a male. So, we need the probability of a male and a male which is 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4.
The mathematical probability is 0.
If the gender of a child were an independent variable then the genders of the existing children would be irrelevant and so the probability of the next child being a girl would be approximately 1/2.It would be approximately 1/2 because the overall proportion is not exactly half. However, and more important, is the fact that the gender of a child is affected by the parents' genes and so is not independent of the gender of previous children.
The probability is 2 - 6