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Suppose that each child born is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. Consider a family with exactly three children. Write the following events as a set and find its probability:The event that - Mathematics

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Question

Suppose that each child born is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. Consider a family with exactly three children. 
Write the following events as a set and find its probability:
The event that exactly one child is a girl.

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Solution

Let A denote the event: ‘exactly one child is a girl’

A = {BBG, BGB, GBB}

P(A) = `3/8`

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Chapter 16: Probability - Solved Examples [Page 289]

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NCERT Exemplar Mathematics [English] Class 11
Chapter 16 Probability
Solved Examples | Q 2.(b).(i) | Page 289
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