SOLUTION: A family has three children. What is the probability that one is a boy given that one is a girl? What I did is
1/2 * 1/2*1. Is that right?
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1/2 * 1/2*1. Is that right?
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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
1/2 * 1/2*1. Is that right? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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
1/2 * 1/2*1. Is that right?
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1 is a girl: 7 ways
1 is a boy: 6
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P(1 boy |1 girl in family of 3 children) = 6/7
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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