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Mr. A has two children that aren't both boys. What is the probability that both children are girls?

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Mr. A has two children that aren't both boys. What is the probability that both children are girls?
posted Apr 27, 2017 by anonymous

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1/3 . we can have BB, BG, GB and GG and since BB is ruled out the sample space is GB, BG and GG so the probability of GG is 1/3

answer Apr 27, 2017 by Kewal Panesar



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