Families 2

Seven hundred twenty-nine families are having six children each. The probability of a girl is 1/3, and the probability of a boy is 2/3. Find the number of families having two girls and four boys.

Correct answer:

n =  240

Step-by-step explanation:

$$\begin{gathered} C_2(6)=\left({\displaystyle \genfrac{}{}{0px}{}{6}{2}}\right)={\displaystyle \frac{6!}{2!(6-2)!}}={\displaystyle \frac{6\cdot 5}{2\cdot 1}}=15 \\ p=\left(\genfrac{}{}{0px}{}{6}{2}\right)\cdot ({\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}}{)}^2\cdot ({\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}}{)}^4=15\cdot ({\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}}{)}^2\cdot ({\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}}{)}^4={\displaystyle \frac{80}{243}}\doteq 0.3292 \\ n=729\cdot p=729\cdot 0.3292=240 \end{gathered}$$

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Math student

The correction notation is p = 6 combination 2 and not 2 combination 6

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Matematik

Thanks, we just exange 6 and 2

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