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A couple has two children. Find the probability if both daughters are born .if the eldest daughter.

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The sample space is S={(g,g),(g,b),(b,g),(b,b)}, where b is for boy, g is for girl the first element of the tuple is the eldest.

Let B the event the eldest is a girl, so B={(g,b),(g,g)}.

A is the event where the two children are girls. A={(g,g)}.