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Assume that each born child is equally likely to be either a boy or a girl. If a family has two children, What is the conditional probability that both are girls given that the youngest is a girl is λ then 12λ is----

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Let  E={botharegirls}={GG}

n(E)=1

theeventE1={theyoungestisagirl}={GB,GG}

n(E1)=2

E1E2={GG}

n(E1E2)=1

P(E/E1)=n(EE1)n(E1)=12=0.5

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Assume that each born child is equally likely to be either a boy or a girl. If a family has two children, What is the conditional probability that both are girls given that the youngest is a girl is λ then 12λ is----