Suppose that a family has 7 children.​ Also, suppose that

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2021-09-17

Let's say a family has seven kids.​ Also, suppose that the probability of having a girl is 1/2. Find the probability that the family has at least 6 girls.

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brawnyN

brawnyN

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Step 1 
From the information provided, 
Number of children, n=7 
And probability of girl, P=12=0.5
Here, binomial distribution can be used
Formula for binomial probability is, 
P(X=k)=(beg{array}{c}nkend{array})×pk×(1p)nk 
Step 2 
Let ’X’ be binomial random variable. 
Now, the probability that the family has at least 6 girls is, 
P(X6)=P(X=7) 
=(beg{array}{c}77end{array})(0.5)7(10.5)77 
=1×0.0078125×1 
=0.0078125 
P(X6)eq0.0078 
Step 3 
Therefore, required probability for at least 6 girls is 0.0078.

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