The document discusses calculating probabilities for the genders of children in a family with 3 children. It provides the probability that a boy is born as 49% and asks what the probability is that the oldest two children are boys (24.01%) and that the youngest child is a girl (51%).
2. Warm-up
Suppose the probability that a boy is born in a family is .49 and that
a family has three children of different ages.
1. What is the probability that the oldest two children are boys?
2. What is the probability that the youngest child is a girl?
3. Warm-up
Suppose the probability that a boy is born in a family is .49 and that
a family has three children of different ages.
1. What is the probability that the oldest two children are boys?
.49i.49
2. What is the probability that the youngest child is a girl?
