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Three groups of children contain 3 girls and 1 boy; 2 girls and 2 boys; 1 girl and 3 boys respectively. One child is selected at random from each group. Find the chance that the three selected comprise one girkl and 2 boys.

A

`(13)/(32)`

B

`(9)/(32)`

C

`(3)/(32)`

D

`(1)/(32)`

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A

Required probability.
`=(3)/(4) xx (2)/(4) xx (3)/(4) xx (1)/(4)xx(3)/(4) +(1)/(4) xx (2)/(4) xx(1)/(4)`
` = (26)/(64) = (13)/(32)`
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