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Children's Gender. A certain couple is equally likely to have either a boy or a girl. If the family has four children, let X denote the number of girls.

a. Identify the possible values of the random variable X.

b. Determine the probability distribution of X. (Hint: There are 16 possible equally likely outcomes. One is GBBB, meaning the first born is a girl and the next three born are boys.)

Use random-variable notation to represent each of the following events. Also use the special addition rule and the probability distribution obtained in part (b) to determine each event's probability. The couple has

c. exactly two girls.

d. at least two girls.

e. at most two girls.

f. between one and three girls, inclusive.

g. children all of the same gender.

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Part a. The possible values of random variable X are 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Part b.

X

0

1

2

3

4

P(X)

1/16

1/4

3/8

1/4

1/16

Part c. P(X=2) = 3/8

Part d. P(X ≥ 2) = 11/16

Part e. P(X ≤ 2) = 11/16

Part f. P(1 ≤ X ≤ 3) = 7/8

Part g. P(X=0 or X=4) = 1/8

Step by step solution

01

Part (a) Step 1. Given information

A given pair has an equal chance of having a boy or a girl.

The number X symbolizes the number of girls in a household of four.

02

Part (a) Step 2. Solution

No girl, one girl, two girls, three girls, or four girls are all options for a family with four children.

As a result, the random variable X's possible values are 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.

03

Part (b) Step 1. Solution 

Calculation:

A family with four children's sample space is,

S = {BBBB, GBBB, BGBB, BBGB, BBBG, GGBB, BGGB, BBGG, GBBG, BGBG, GBGB, BGGG, GBGG, GGBG, GGGB, GGGG }

The potential values of random variable X are 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.

P(X = 0) = P{BBBB} = 1/16

P(X =1) = P{GBBB, BGBB, BBGB, BBBG} = 4/16 = 1/4

P(X = 2) = P(GGBB, BGGB, BBGG, GBBG, BGBG, GBGB) = 6/16 = 3/8

P(X = 3) = P{BGGG, GBGG, GGBG, GGGB} = 4/16 = 1/4

P(X = 4) = P{GGGG} = 1/16

Hence the probability distribution of random variable X is,

X

0

1

2

3

4

P(X)

1/16

1/4

3/8

1/4

1/16

04

Part (c) Step 1. Solution 

The occurrence "exactly two girls" implies that the random variable value must be 2.

As a result, the random variable notation for exactly two girls is as follows:

X = 2,

Its probability is,

P(X = 2)=P(GGBB, BGGB, BBGG, GBBG, BGBG, GBGB)

= 1/16 + 1/16 + 1/16 + 1/16 + 1/16 + 1/16

= 6/16 = 3/8

05

Part (d) Step 1. Solution 

The condition "at least two girls" requires that the random variable value be more than or equal to 2.

As a result, at least two females' random variable notation is,

X ≥ 2

Its probability is,

P(X ≥ 2) = P(X = 2) + P(X = 3) + P(X = 4)

= 6/16 + 4/16 + 1/16

= 11/16

06

Part (e) Step 1. Solution 

The event "at most two girls" requires that the random variable value be less than or equal to 2.

As a result, the random variable notation for a maximum of two girls is,

X ≤ 2

Its probability is,

P(X ≤ 2) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 1) + P(X = 2)

= 1/16 + 4/16 + 6/16

= 11/16

07

Part (f) Step 1. Solution 

The event "between one and three girls, inclusive" indicates that the random variable value must be between one and three, including one and three.

As a result, the random variable notation for the event involving one to three ladies is,

1 ≤ X ≤ 3

Its probability is,

P(1 ≤ X ≤ 3) = P(X = 1) + P(X = 2) + P(X = 3)

= 4/16 + 6/16 + 4/16

= 14/16 = 7/8

08

Part (g) Step 1. Solution 

The random variable value must be 0 (4 boys) or 4 (4 girls) if the event "children all of the same gender" occurs (4 girls).

As a result, the event children's random variable notation for everyone of the same gender is,

X = 0 or X = 4

Its probability is,

P(X=0 or X=4) = P(X = 0) + P(X = 4)

= 1/16 + 1/16

= 2/16 = 1/8

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