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Assume that each born child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl . If a family has two children, what is the conditional probability that both are girls given that (i) the youngest is a girl (ii) at least one is a girl?

A

`1/2` and `1/4`

B

`1/3` and `1/2`

C

`1/3` and `1/4`

D

`1/2` and `1/3`

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