Suppose that a family has three children, and each child is equally likely to be a boy

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Suppose that a family has three children, and each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. 

a. Write out the sample space of 8 possible outcomes. (For example, use the notation B1G2B3 to mean that the first child is a boy, second is a girl, and third is a boy.) 

b. Which outcomes comprise the event that boys outnumber girls in the family? 

c. Determine the probability that all three children are of the same sex.

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Introduction To Statistical Investigations

ISBN: 9781119683452

2nd Edition

Authors: Beth L.Chance, George W.Cobb, Allan J.Rossman Nathan Tintle, Todd Swanson Soma Roy

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