A couple has 4 children

MATHEMATICS · Multi-part · A Level · Mathematics · Probability · Probability

Problem

A couple has 4 children, none of whom were adopted. Assuming boys and girls are born with equal likelihood, find the probability that the children: (1) were born in the order boy, girl, boy, girl (2) were *not* born in the order boy, girl, boy, girl.

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