Question

A family has seven sons. The chance that there eighth child will be a daughter is

Answer 1

Answer:

One chance in two

Explanation:

A parent can only have one or the other meaning a son or daughter. Both the son and the daughter represent one half of a probability of having each one separately. On whether or not the parent will have a daughter as the eighth child, is completely irrelevant as a parent can only bare a son and daughter. This would mean they would have a one chance in two for either cases, but due to the context of the question, it would be for the daughter. So therefore, they would have one chance in two.

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Eddie