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Girl, Girl,... (S). A couple has eight children. Suppose that the probability of having a girl is 0.5. What is the probability of producing eight girls? How does that answer compare with the probability of producing boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl? Explain. (Note: This does happen.)
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