You select a family with four children. If M represents a male child andFa female child, the set of equally likely outcomes for the children's genders is (FFFF, FFFM,FFMF, FMFF, MFFF, MFFM, MEME, MMFF, FEMM, FMFM, FMMF, FMMM, MEMM, MMFM, MMMF, MMMM). Find the probability of selecting a family with exactly fourmale children.The probability of having exactly four male children is.(Type an integer or a simplified fraction.)

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