A married couple agreed to continue bearing a new child until they get two boys, but not more than $5$ children. Assuming that each time that a child is born the probability that it is a boy is $0.5$ independent from all other times, find the probability that the couple has at least two girls.
[Math] Probability by bearing of children
probability
Best Answer
Hint:
If the couple have less than $2$ girls then they must have stopped after $2$ boys.
Possible scenarios: $BB$, $BGB$ and $GBB$.
Having at least $2$ girls is the complement of this.