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

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

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