1). If a couple has two children, what is the probability that they are both girls...

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1). If a couple has two children, what is the probability thatthey are both girls assuming that the older one is a girl?

2). Suppose that we have two dice, the first one being a regulardie, and the second weighted so that half the time it rolls a 1,and half the time it rolls a 2 (it never rolls anything else). Ifwe choose one of these dice at random, and roll a 1, what’s theprobability that it is the regular die?

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To find the probability that both are females if we know thatthe elder child is female Sample Space S MM MF FM FFLet A event that both are females A FFLet    See Answer
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