In: Statistics and Probability
Suppose the probabilities of having a boy or a girl child are the same—both are 50%. Answer the following questions about a couple that has two children, showing any calculations.
a. What is the probability that the couple has two girls?
b. The eldest of the two children is a girl. Given this, what is the probability that the couple has two girls?
c. At least one of the children is a girl. What is the probability that the couple has two girls?
Your answers to a, b, and c should all be different numbers. Explain why each is different from the others. (Hint: (b) specifies that the older child is a girl, while (c) simply states that one of the two children is a girl without indicating whether it’s the older or younger child.)
a)
Probability of two girls = 0.5 * 0.5 = 0.25
b)
Probability of girl = 0.5
c)
Combination we got (G,B) ,(G,G) ,(B,G)
Since all will have equal probability , so to get (G,G) PROBABILITY = 1/3 = 0.3333
Each is different from the others as condtions are different.