Assume that in a family, each child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. A family with three children is chosen at random. The probability that the eldest child is a girl given that the family has at least one girl is
We can arrange the statement in set as
S={(B,B,B),(G,G,G),(B,G,G),(G,B,G),(G,G,B),(G,B,B),(B,G,B),(B,B,G)}
Let A be Event that a family has at least one girl then,
A={(G,B,B),(B,G,B),(B,B,G),(G,G,B),(B,G,G)(G,B,G),(G,G,G)
Let B be Event that eldest child is girl then,
B={(G,B,B)(G,G,B),(G,B,G),(G,G,G)
Now, (A ∩ B)={(G,B,B),(G,G,B),(G,B,G,)(G,G,G)
Since,
Hence,