couple decides to continue to have children until they have three daughters. Assuming that their probability of having a male offspring is 0.55, what is the probability that their third daughter is their sixth child?     a. 0.6250     b. 0.1808     c. 1   d. 0.1516     e. 0.8125     f. 0.8192     g. 0.3750     h. 0.1875

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A couple decides to continue to have children until they have three daughters. Assuming that their probability of having a male offspring is 0.55, what is the probability that their third daughter is their sixth child?

 

 

a.

0.6250

 

 

b.

0.1808

 

 

c.

1

 

d.

0.1516

 

 

e.

0.8125

 

 

f.

0.8192

 

 

g.

0.3750

 

 

h.

0.1875

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