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In a family having three children, there may be no girl, one girl, two girls or three girls. So, the probability of each is 14. Is this correct? Justify your answer - Mathematics

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In a family having three children, there may be no girl, one girl, two girls or three girls. So, the probability of each is `1/4`. Is this correct? Justify your answer

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No it is not correct that in a family having three children, there may be no girl, one girl, two girls or three girls, the probability of each is `1/4`.

Let boys be B and girls be G

Outcomes can be BBB, GGG, BBG, BGB, GBB, GGB, GBG, BGG

Then Probability of 3 girls = `1/8`

Probability of 0 girls = `1/8`

Probability of 2 girls = `3/8`

Probability of 1 girl = `3/8`

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अध्याय 13: Statistics and Probability - Exercise 13.2 [पृष्ठ १६२]

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एनसीईआरटी एक्झांप्लर Mathematics [English] Class 10
अध्याय 13 Statistics and Probability
Exercise 13.2 | Q 5 | पृष्ठ १६२
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