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Q60Section C (Section C)60 of 60

Probability that a family has children of both sexes

In a colony all families have at least one child. The probability that a randomly chosen family from this colony has exactly kk children is (0.5)k(0.5)^k; k=1,2,…k=1,2,…. A child is either a male or a female with equal probability. The probability that such a family consists of at least one male child and at least one female child is _________

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