Explanation Given Info: The couple has four children and the sample space is the list of all the simple events when the couple has four children is, { bbbb, bbbg, bbgb, bgbb, gbbb, bbgg, bgbg, gbbg, gbgb, ggbb, bggb, bggg, gbgg, ggbg, gggb, gggg } Calculation: Let event A denote that when a couple has four children, all the four are of same gender. All the four children are of same gender implies that either four of them should be boys or four of them should be girls. The possible ways of having all the four are of same gender is { gggg, bbbb } , that is 2

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