Q; In a family with two children, determine the probability distribution for the number of girls.

Question

1. In a family with two children, determine the probability distribution for the number of girls.

Form this into a chart with, x and P(x).

Please provide a good explanation if you can, thanks.

Answer 1

Possible outcomes:

BB

BG

GB

GG

out of 4 outcomes, 1 has no girls, 1 has 2 girls and 2 have 1 girl.

x P(x)

0 0.25

1 0.5

2 0.25