he Wilson family was one of the first to come to the U.S. They had 8 children. Assuming that the probability of a child being a girl is .5, find the probability that the Wilson family had at least 2 girls?  At most 4 girls?

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The Wilson family was one of the first to come to the U.S. They had 8 children. Assuming that the probability of a child being a girl is .5, find the probability that the Wilson family had

at least 2 girls? 

At most 4 girls? 

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