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A family has two children. What is the probability that both the children are boys given that at least one of them is a boy?

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To find P (both children are males, if it is known that at least one of the children is male).
A: Event that both children are male, and B: event that at least one of them is a male.
A: {MM} and B: {MF, FM, MM} →→ P (A ∩∩ B) = {MM}
Probability that both are males, if we know one is a female =P(A/B)=P(A∩B)/P(B)
(P(A∩B)P(B))
Given S = {MM, MF, FM, FF}, we can see that: P (A) = 1414; P (B) = 3434; P (A ∩∩ B) = 1414
Therefore P(B/A)=P(A∩B)/P(A)    =(1/4)/(3/4)=1/3
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