Given Equal Probabilities of the Birth of a Boy or Girl

question 81

Multiple Choice

Given equal probabilities of the birth of a boy or girl, what is the probability that a group of three siblings includes exactly two boys? Exactly three boys? Two or more boys?

• A)1/8; 1/8; 1/4
• B)1/4; 1/4; 1/2
• C)3/8; 1/8; 1/2
• D)1/2; 1/8; 5/8

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