Question 2 ii 1500 families with 2 children were selected randomly- and the following data was recorded-beginarray -c- c-c- c - WheNumber of girls in a family-2-1-0Nhline Number of families-475-814-211111hline -endarrayCompute the probability of a family- chosen at random- having 1 girl-

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1500 families with 2 children were selected randomly, and the following data was recorded:
$\begin{matrix} N u m b e r o f g i r l s i n a f a m i l y & 2 & 1 & 0 N u m b e r o f f a m i l i e s & 475 & 814 & 211 \end{matrix}$
Compute the probability of a family, chosen at random, having 1 girl.

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\begin{matrix} N u m b e r o f g i r l s i n a f a m i l y & 2 & 1 & 0 N u m b e r o f f a m i l i e s & 475 & 814 & 211 \end{matrix}

1500 families with 2 children were selected randomly, and the following data were recorded:

Number of girls in a family	2	1	0
Number of families	475	814	211

Compute the probability of a family, chosen at random, having

(i) 2 girls (ii) 1 girl (iii) No girl

Also check whether the sum of these probabilities is 1.

1500 families with 2 children were selected randomly, and the following data were recorded:

$\begin{matrix} Number of girls in a family & 2 & 1 & 0 Number of families & 300 & 500 & 700 \end{matrix}$

Compute the probability of a family chosen at random having 2 girls.

\begin{matrix} N u m b e r o f b o y s i n a f a m i l y & 0 & 1 & 2 N u m b e r o f f a m i l i e s & 475 & 814 & 211 \end{matrix}

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No. of girls in a family	$2$	$1$	$0$
No. of families	$475$	$814$	$211$

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