Given a family with three children, find the probability of the event. The oldest two are girls, given that the oldest is a girl. The probability that the oldest two are girls, given that the oldest is a girl is (Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a fraction.)

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Given a family with three children, find the probability of the event.
The oldest two are girls, given that the oldest is a girl.
The probability that the oldest two are girls, given that the oldest is a girl is
(Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a fraction.)
Transcribed Image Text:Given a family with three children, find the probability of the event. The oldest two are girls, given that the oldest is a girl. The probability that the oldest two are girls, given that the oldest is a girl is (Simplify your answer. Type an integer or a fraction.)
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