Q) From a group of 3 boys and 2 girls we select two children. What is the set representing the event:
i. one girl is selected
ii. at least one girl is selected
Ans:
Let’s first find out all possible sets of selecting two children:
Let 3 boys are B1, B2, B3 and 2 girls are G1, G2, then the all possible outcomes sets are:
{B1 G1, B1 G2, B2 G1, B2 G2, B3 G1, B3 G2, B1 B2, B1 B3, B2 B3, G1 G2}
i. One girl is selected:
Next, let’s take out all the outcomes which have only 1 girl in it.
The favourable events for selecting one girl are:
{B1 G1, B1 G2, B2 G1, B2 G2, B3 G1, B3 G2}
ii. At least one girl is selected:
Next, let’s take out all the outcomes which have at least 1 girl in it.
It means, we need to consider all the outcomes with 1 girl + all the outcomes with 2 girls
Hence, the favourable events for selecting at least one girl are:
{B1 G1, B1 G2, B2 G1, B2 G2, B3 G1, B3 G2, G1 G2,}