document.write( "Question 435911: A family has three children. What is the probability that one is a boy given that one is a girl? What I did is
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Algebra.Com's Answer #301643 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! A family has three children. What is the probability that one is a boy given that one is a girl? What I did is \n" ); document.write( "1/2 * 1/2*1. Is that right? \n" ); document.write( "--------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "Sample Space: \n" ); document.write( "bbb \n" ); document.write( "gbb;bgb;bbg \n" ); document.write( "bgg;gbg;ggb \n" ); document.write( "ggg \n" ); document.write( "------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "1 is a girl: 7 ways \n" ); document.write( "1 is a boy: 6 \n" ); document.write( "----- \n" ); document.write( "P(1 boy |1 girl in family of 3 children) = 6/7 \n" ); document.write( "================================================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "================ \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |