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Given a family with three ​children, find the probability of the event. The oldest two are boys, given that the oldest is a boy. The probability that the oldest two are boys, given that the oldest is a boy is?

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Answer:

1/2

Explanation:

List the possibilities

b b g

b b b

b g b

b g g two out of four have oldest two boys 2/4 = 1/2

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