The probability that a woman gives birth to a male child is

The probability that a woman gives birth to a male child is approximately 50% for all women of all races in all countries throughout the world. An American woman has five children and is pregnant with the sixth one due next month. The probability that she gives birth to a female child is

Solution

The probability that a woman gives birth to a male child is approximately 50% or 0.50 so that the probability that a woman gives birth to a female child is also approximately 50% or,0.50. An American woman has five children and is pregnant with the sixth one due next month. The probability that she gives birth to a female child has no relation with the number of her existing children and the required probability is approximately 50% or,0.50.