Assume that each child who is born is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. Suppose that afamily has 4 children.(a) Find the probability that at least 2 of them are girls given that the eldest child is a girl.(b) Find the probability that at least 2 of them are girls given that at least one of thechildren is a girl.

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