Question
A family has 3 children. Their first child was a girl. What I'd the probability that the two children are of different gender?
Answers
PsyDAG
Are you asking for the probability that the other two children are male?
If the events are independent, the probability of both/all events occurring is determined by multiplying the probabilities of the individual events.
Approx. 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4
The probabilities are not exactly 1/2.
If the events are independent, the probability of both/all events occurring is determined by multiplying the probabilities of the individual events.
Approx. 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4
The probabilities are not exactly 1/2.