Ignoring twins and other multiple births, assume babies born at a hospital are independent events with...
Ignoring twins and other multiple births, assume babies born at a hospital are independent events with the probability that a baby is a boy and the probability that a baby is a girl both equal to 0.5. If the first 5 children born are girls, what is the probability the next born child is a boy?
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The events of baby birth are independent. Hence there is no relation in the probability of a baby boy or baby girl birth depending on the previous birth.
Even though the first 5 children born are girls, there is no impact on the probability of birth of baby for next occurance.
Hence probability that next baby is boy is 0.5
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