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A family has n children with probability αpn,n ≥ 1, where α ≤ (1 − p) /p.(a) What proporti...

A family has n children with probability αpn,n ≥ 1, where α ≤ (1 − p) /p.

(a) What proportion of families has no children?


(b) If each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl (independently of each other), what proportion of families consists of k boys (and any number of girls)?

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