Difference between revisions of "2014 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 18"

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Four children were born at City Hospital yesterday. Assume each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. Which of the following outcomes is most likely?
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Four children were born at City Hospital yesterday. Assume each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. Which of the following outcomes is most likely
  
<math>\textbf{(A) }\text{all 4 are boys}\\ \textbf{(B) }\text{all 4 are girls}\\ \textbf{(C) }\text{2 are girls and 2 are boys}\\ \...</math>
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<math> \textbf{(A) }\text{all 4 are boys}\\ \textbf{(B) }\text{all 4 are girls}\\ \textbf{(C) }\text{2 are girls and 2 are boys}\\ \textbf{(D) }\text{3 are of one gender and 1 is of the other gender}\\ \textbf{(E) }\text{all of these outcomes are equally likely} </math>

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Four children were born at City Hospital yesterday. Assume each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. Which of the following outcomes is most likely

$\textbf{(A) }\text{all 4 are boys}\\ \textbf{(B) }\text{all 4 are girls}\\ \textbf{(C) }\text{2 are girls and 2 are boys}\\ \textbf{(D) }\text{3 are of one gender and 1 is of the other gender}\\ \textbf{(E) }\text{all of these outcomes are equally likely}$