A woman decides to have children until she has her first girl or until she has four children, whichever comes first. Let X = number of children she has. For simplicity, assume that the probability of...

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A woman decides to have children until she has her first girl or until she has four children, whichever comes first. Let X = number of children she has. For simplicity, assume that the probability of a girl is .5 for each birth.


a. Write the simple events in the sample space. Use B for boy and G for girl. For instance, one simple event is BG, because the woman would stop having children once she has a girl.


b. Find the probability for each of the simple events in the sample space.


c. Find the probability distribution function for X.


d. Draw a picture of the probability distribution function for X.




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