In a family with four children, the probability of having four boys is 1 in 16.
4/16 or 0.2 or 25%
Assuming that boys and girls are equally likely, it is 11/16.
1/4
1/4
14/33
4/16 or 0.2 or 25%
Assuming that boys and girls are equally likely, it is 11/16.
Since the probability of having a son is about 1/2, the probability of the first 4 children being boys is about (1/2)4.
There is no simple answer to the question because the children's genders are not independent events. They depend on the parents' ages and their genes.However, if you assume that they are independent events then, given that the probability of a boy is approx 0.52, the probability of three boys and a girl is 0.2669.
1/4
2/3
2/3
1/4
14/33
To determine the probability of selecting a family with exactly 3 male children out of 4, we can use the binomial probability formula. The probability of having a male child is typically considered to be 0.5 (assuming an equal likelihood of male and female). The probability of exactly 3 males in 4 children is calculated as ( P(X = 3) = \binom{4}{3} (0.5)^3 (0.5)^1 = 4 \times 0.125 \times 0.5 = 0.25 ). Thus, the probability is 0.25 or 25%.
There is no simple answer to the question because the children's genders are not independent events. They depend on the parents' ages and their genes. However, if you assume that they are independent events then, given that the probability of a boy is approx 0.52, the probability 4 boys and 1 girl out of 5 children is 0.1724 approx.
There is no simple answer to the question because the children's genders are not independent events. They depend on the parents' ages and their genes. A family of 4 is a family of two parents and two children. The probability that both children are girls is 0.2334