A family has at least 1 girl who was born in the AM hours of the day (i.e., sometime between midnight and noon), what is the probability that a family has 2 girls? You can assume that it is just as likely that a child is born in the AM hours of a day as the PM hours.

A family has at least 1 girl who was born in the AM hours of the day (i.e., sometime between midnight and noon), what is the probability that a family has 2 girls? You can assume that it is just as likely that a child is born in the AM hours of a day as the PM hours.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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