The Jones family has eight children, all of which are girls. What is the chance that the next child will be a boy? What is the probability that all of their nine children would have been boys? Explain how you determine your answers.

Answer 1

the probability that the next child will be a boy = 1/2
doesn't matter what happened before

but the prob that you have 9 consecutive boys
= (1/2)(1/2)...(1/2) nine times or (1/2)^9

Answer 2

Ohhhh I just over thought this way too much.. thank you!!