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Assume that each born child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. If a family has two children, what is the conditional probability that both are girls ? Given that(i) the youngest is a girl.(ii) atleast one is a girl.

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Assume that each born child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. If a family has two children, what is the conditional probability that both are girls ? Given that(i) the youngest is a girl.(ii) atleast one is a girl.