This is a conditional probability problem: Sample space = {GG, GB, BG, BB} where the first letter, G or B, represents the older and the second letter represents the younger. Since we are given that at least one of the children is a girl, the reduced sample space does not include BB. Reduced sample space = {GG, GB, BG} The only successful ones are GG and BG. That's 2 ways out of 3. So the conditional probability is 2/3 Edwin