In: Statistics and Probability
Consider the ways that a couple can have three children. Define the following events:
Event M: They have a child of each gender.
Event N: They have at most one boy.
Suppose that they are more likely to have a boy (B) than a girl (G), by a ratio of 11 to 9.
a. Using set notation like I did in the 2-child case (due to time, I didn’t use set notation in the 3-child case), list out the events M, N, and M ∩ N.
b. Carefully calculate the exact values of P(M), P(N), and P(M ∩ N), writing each probability to 4, 5, and 6 decimal places, respectively.
c. Use the definition of independent events to determine if M and N are independent.