Consider a family with 4 children Assume the probability that one child is a boy...

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Consider a family with 4 children Assume the probability that one child is a boy is 0 5 and the probability that one child is a girl is also 0 5 and that the events boy and girl are independent a List the equally likely events for the gender of the 4 children from oldest to youngest Let M represent a boy male and F represent a girl female Select all that apply FMFF MMMF FFFM MMFM MMFF MFMM FFFF MFFF MMMM MFMF FFMM FMMF FMFM FFMF MFFM FMMM b What is the probability that all 4 children are male Enter your answer as a fraction X Notice that the complement of the event all four children are male is at least one of the children is female Use this information to compute the probability that at least one child is female Enter your answer as a fraction

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