In a 1974 dear abby letter a woman lamented that she had just given birth to her eighth child, and all were girls! her doctor had assured her that the chance of the eighth child being a girl was only 1 in 100. what was the real probability that the eighth child would be a girl?
(a).01
(b).5
(c)(.5)7
(d) (.5)8
(e) (.3) (5)