The Answer to Sex Probability Puzzle

Since the probability of being born male or female is 1/2, the probability that all your children will be born in the same sex will always be 1/(2^n). In other words, the same-sex probability shrinks exponentially as the number n grows larger. The more children you have, the less likely they are to be born in the same sex.

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