a family has six children. if this has exactly one boy, how many different birth and gender orders are possible?

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Fischer

5 June, 02:46

a family has six children. if this has exactly one boy, how many different birth and gender orders are possible?

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Abbigail Bruce · Answer 1

There has to be more than 20 + birth and gender orders. You have to take in the fact that the boy could be born the 2nd child, 3rd, 4th, etc. and also have to take in the fact of the different possible orders of the girls that were born before and/or after the one boy.