Originally Posted by mathman
Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
I'm hoping for one rooster, and three hens, in case anyone is wondering.


On a particular set of four eggs it's a 1/16 chance.

In the space of all sets of four eggs it's a 4/16 chance.

RHHH, HRHH, HHRH, HHHR are your one rooster, three hens arrangements out of

HHHH
HHHR
HHRH
HHRR
HRHH
HRHR
HRRH
HRRR
RHHH
RHHR
RHRH
RHRR
RRHH
RRHR
RRRH
RRRR

It's no wonder that, despite massive effort on my part, I could only wrangle a B in undergrad stats, and another B in grad stats. These concepts elude me.