You select a family with four children. If M represents a male child and F a female child, the set of equally likely outcomes for the children's genders is {FFFF, FFFM, FFMF, FMFF, MFFF, MFFM, MFMF, MMFF, FFMM, FMFM, FMMF, FMMM, MFMM, MMFM, MMMF, MMMM}. Find the probability of selecting a family with exactly 2 male children.

You select a family with four children. If M represents a male child and F a female child, the set of equally likely outcomes for the children's genders is {FFFF, FFFM, FFMF, FMFF, MFFF, MFFM, MFMF, MMFF, FFMM, FMFM, FMMF, FMMM, MFMM, MMFM, MMMF, MMMM}. Find the probability of selecting a family with exactly 2 male children.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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