b) Let A be the event that a family has children of both sexes and B be the event that a family has at most one boy. Show that if a family is known to have four children, then A and B are dependent events.

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Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem
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b) Let A be the event that a family has children of both sexes and B be the
event that a family has at most one boy. Show that if a family is known to
have four children, then A and B are dependent events.
Transcribed Image Text:b) Let A be the event that a family has children of both sexes and B be the event that a family has at most one boy. Show that if a family is known to have four children, then A and B are dependent events.
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