Stop at the first girl
Every couple keeps having children until they get a girl, then stops (each birth is an independent 50/50). What is the expected number of boys in a single family? (as a decimal)
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- Boys (total children) (girls); each family has exactly one girl.
- Total children until the first girl is Geometric with mean ; subtract the one girl.
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