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[Exer7-3] Exercise 69 of Book {Devore2017B} P.133

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Suppose that $p=P(\text{male birth})=.5$. A couple wishes to have exactly two female children in their family. They will have children until this condition is fulfilled.

  • (a) What is the probability that the family has $x$ male children?
  • (b) What is the probability that the family has four children?
  • (c) What is the probability that the family has at most four children?
  • (d) How many male children would you expect this family to have? How many children would you expect this family to have?