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In the family there are
children.
List the possible out comes is
.
The number of all possible out comes is
.
The number of ways that
boys can occur in a
child family is
.
All the events are equally likely events.
\Let
be the event of
boys can occur in a
-child family.
The probability of
for equally likely outcomes is defined as and it is denoted by
.
.
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The probability of having
boys in a
-child family is
.