50% boy 50% girl or 1/2
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There is no simple answer.First of all, the probability of boys is 0.517 not0.5.Second, the probabilities are not independent.If you choose to ignore these important facts, then the answer is 2/3.
The probability of having a girl versus a boy is 1/2 because there is two things you have a chance of getting and you can only get one or the other.
Children's genders are not independent and therefore there is no simple answer. However, if you do assume that their genders are independent then the probability is 1/3.
There are two problems in answering this question. The gender of children are not independent events and also, the probability of a boy is not half as is often assumed but nearer to 52% and it varies over time and between countries.However, if you assume that the genders are independent and that the probability of either gender is 0.5 then the answer is 0.875
There is not enough information on the propensity for the parents to have a child of either gender and so it is necessary to assume that the probability of the gender of the next child is independent of the genders of preceding children. In that case the probability of the next child being a girl is 1/2.There is not enough information on the propensity for the parents to have a child of either gender and so it is necessary to assume that the probability of the gender of the next child is independent of the genders of preceding children. In that case the probability of the next child being a girl is 1/2.There is not enough information on the propensity for the parents to have a child of either gender and so it is necessary to assume that the probability of the gender of the next child is independent of the genders of preceding children. In that case the probability of the next child being a girl is 1/2.There is not enough information on the propensity for the parents to have a child of either gender and so it is necessary to assume that the probability of the gender of the next child is independent of the genders of preceding children. In that case the probability of the next child being a girl is 1/2.