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Alex has five children. He has at least two girls (you do not know which two of his five children are girls). The probability of having a boy is 0.4 while the probability of having a girl is 0.6. What is the probability that he has at least two boys too?

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Looks like a case for binomial theorem.
Since we know at least two are girls, lets ignore that. The questions then is, what is the probability that two of three kids are boys.

Applying Binomial: 3.(0.6).(0.4).(0.4) = 0.288
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Alex has five children. He has at least two girls (you do not know which two of his five children are girls). The probability of having a boy is 0.4 while the probability of having a girl is 0.6. What is the probability that he has at least two boys too?

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We are told that Alex has at least two girls. 5 cases are possible:
GGBBB
GGGBB
GGGGB
GGGGG

We need to find the probability that Alex also has at least two boys. So, we need to find the probability that first two cases (in red) occurred out of 5.

P = P(at least 2 boys and at least 2 girls)/P(at least 2 girls).

P(at least 2 boys and at least 2 girls) = \(\frac{5!}{3!2!}*0.6^2*0.4^3+\frac{5!}{3!2!}*0.6^3*0.4^2\).

P(at least 2 girls) = 1 - (P(5 boys) + P(1 girl and 4 boys)) = \(1- (0.4^5+\frac{5!}{4!}*0.6*0.4^4)\).

I don't think that such kind of questions can ever appear on the real test (good for practice though).
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Thanx Bunel,

Is this a type of conditional probability?
Does GMAT includes it ? I have manhattan math book section, and I haven't came across conditional probability questions in it.
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Thanx Bunel,

Is this a type of conditional probability?
Does GMAT includes it ? I have manhattan math book section, and I haven't came across conditional probability questions in it.

Yes, it's a conditional probability question. Think we can expect simple conditional probability questions on the test.
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Alex has five children. He has at least two girls (you do not know which two of his five children are girls). The probability of having a boy is 0.4 while the probability of having a girl is 0.6. What is the probability that he has at least two boys too?

Experts ----Help required. How to approach it?
Can we expect such type of question in GMAT?

We are told that Alex has at least two girls. 5 cases are possible:
GGBBB
GGGBB
GGGGB
GGGGG

We need to find the probability that Alex also has at least two boys. So, we need to find the probability that first two cases (in red) occurred out of 5.

P = P(at least 2 boys and at least 2 girls)/P(at least 2 girls).

P(at least 2 boys and at least 2 girls) = \(\frac{5!}{3!2!}*0.6^2*0.4^3+\frac{5!}{3!2!}*0.6^3*0.4^2\).

P(at least 2 girls) = 1 - (P(5 boys) + P(1 girl and 4 boys)) = \(1- (0.4^5+\frac{5!}{4!}*0.6*0.4^4)\).

I don't think that such kind of questions can ever appear on the real test (good for practice though).

please explain this,
why cant we simply go for the two cases of having 2 boys and 3 girls OR 3 boys and 2 girls ?
5C2 X [(0.4)^3 X (0.6)^2 + (0.4)^2 X (0.6)^3] ???
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Not tough, but little bit complex multiplication required.
GGBBB
10*0.6^2*0.4^3=0.2304
GGGBB
10*0.6^3*0.4^2=0.3456

SUM=0.2304+0.3456=0.576 Ans.
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Alex has five children. He has at least two girls (you do not know which two of his five children are girls). The probability of having a boy is 0.4 while the probability of having a girl is 0.6. What is the probability that he has at least two boys too?

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