SOLUTION: Assuming that boy and girl babies are equally likely, fill in the remaining probabilities on the tree diagram and use the following information to find the probability that a famil

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Question 328985: Assuming that boy and girl babies are equally likely, fill in the remaining probabilities on the tree diagram and use the following information to find the probability that a family with three children has all girls, given the following.
42. The third is a girl

Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Given that the third child is a girl, then the possible 3-child combinations are,
(GGG)(GBG)(BGG)(BBG)
So given that the third child is a girl, P(GGG)=1%2F4