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What is the Total number of Outcomes for a family of 3 with having boys and girls?

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There are 8 possible outcomes, all equally likely (if we assume each gender is equally likely). Hence the choice is 3/8. We can also think about it in at least one more way: You identified all the possible ways to get 2 boys and one girl.

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