Morgan Stanley Interview Question

the probability of having two boys?

Interview Answers

Anonymous

Apr 12, 2012

this is either easy or there's a trap...sample space isn't well defined. Define: XX - girl XY - boy Possible outcomes from 2 births are: (XX, XX), (XX, XY), (XY, XX), and (XY, XY). Prob(XY, XY) = 1/4 or 0.25

Anonymous

Sep 23, 2015

Yes, it is simply solved through the tree approach