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A Couple Plans to Have Children Until They Get a Boy,but

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A couple plans to have children until they get a boy,but they agree that they will not have more than four children even if all are girls. Create a probability model for the number of children they will have.Assume that boys and girls are equally likely.


A)  Children 1234 P(Children)  0.50.250.1250.125\begin{array} { l | c c c c } \text { Children } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \text { P(Children) } & 0.5 & 0.25 & 0.125 & 0.125\end{array}
B)  Children 12345 P(Children)  0.50.250.1250.06250.0625\begin{array} { l | c c c c c } \text { Children } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\\hline \text { P(Children) } & 0.5 & 0.25 & 0.125 & 0.0625 & 0.0625\end{array}
C)  Children 123P (Children)  0.50.250.25\begin{array} { l | c c c } \text { Children } & 1 & 2 & 3 \\\hline \mathrm { P } \text { (Children) } & 0.5 & 0.25 & 0.25\end{array}
D)  Children 1234P (Children)  0.50.250.1250.0625\begin{array} { l | c c c c } \text { Children } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \mathrm { P } \text { (Children) } & 0.5 & 0.25 & 0.125 & 0.0625\end{array}
E)  Children 1234 P(Children)  0.250.250.250.25\begin{array} { l | c c c c } \text { Children } & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\\hline \text { P(Children) } & 0.25 & 0.25 & 0.25 & 0.25\end{array}

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