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30 May, 19:26

A couple plans to have children until they get a girl, but they agree they will not have more than three children, even if all are boys. Assume that the probability of having a girl is 47.00 %. a) Create a probability model for the number of children they'll have. b) Find the expected number of children. c) Find the expected number of boys they'll have. a) X P (Xequals x) 1 nothing 2 nothing 3 nothing (Round to four decimal places as needed.) b) E (X) equals nothing (Round to four decimal places as needed.) c) E (number of boys) equals nothing

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  1. 30 May, 21:33
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    a) Let X be number of children

    X=1,2,3

    P (X=1) = 0.47

    P (X=2) = 0.2491

    P (X=3) = 0.942923

    b) 3.7970

    c) 1.6232

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    The complete question is:

    A couple plans to have children until they get a girl, but they agree they will not have more than three children, even if all are boys. Assume that the probability of having a girl is 47.00 %.

    a) Create a probability model for the number of children they'll have.

    X=1,2,3

    P (X=1) = ?

    P (X=2) = ?

    P (X=30=?

    (Round to four decimal places as needed

    b) Find the expected number of children.

    E (X) = ?

    c) Find the expected number of boys they'll have.

    Expected number of boys=?

    Solution:

    Probability of a girl = 0.47

    Probability of a boy = 0.53

    a) P (X=1) = 0.47

    P (X=2) = 0.47 * 0.53 = 0.2491

    P (X=3) = 0.47 * 0.53 * 0.53 + 0.53 * 0.53 * 0.53

    = 0.942923

    b) E (number of children) = 1 * P (X=1) + 2 * P (X=2) + 3 * (PX=3)

    = 3.796969

    c) Y: number of boys

    P (Y=1) = 0.53*0.47 = 0.2491

    P (Y=2) = 0.53*0.53*0.47=0.46375

    P (Y=3) = 0.53 * 0.53 * 0.53 = 0.148875

    E (Y) = P (Y=1) * 1 + P (Y=2) * 2 + P (Y=3) * 3

    = 0.148875*3 + 0.46375*2+0.2491 * 1

    = 1.6232
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