Question

In randomly selected family with two children, excluding multiple births , what is the probability of having two boys

Answer 1

Therefor the probability of having two boys =
`(1)/(3)`

Explanation:

i) In randomly selected family with two children, excluding multiple births

the children can be in the following combinations:

a) one girl, one girl : GG

b) one girl, one boy : GB

c) one boy, one boy : BB

The order does not matter for this problem.

Therefor the probability of having two boys =
`(1)/(3)`