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There is no simple answer to the question because the children's genders are not independent events. They depend on the parents' ages and their genes.
However, if you assume that they are independent events then, given that the probability of a girl is approx 0.48, the probability of three out of three being girls is 0.1127.
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If a family has three children find the probability that two of the children are girls?
there is a 50% chance that two of them will be girls
What is the probability of a family with six children having three boys and three girls?
50/50
What is the probability of randomly selecting a three-children family with exactly two girs?
It is 3/8.
Three dice are tossed what is the probability that the same number appears on exactly two of the three dice?
The probability is 90/216 = 5/12
What is the probability of randomly selecting a three-child family with exactly two girl children?
2/6 is not accurate. using a theoretical method for equally likely outcomes, there are 2 possible outcomes for each birth: either a boy(B), or a girl (G). For a family of three children, the total number of possibilities (birth orders) is 2*2*2=8 to double check this work, here are the eight possible outcomes:BBB, BBG, BGG, GBB, GBG, GGB, and GGG. You want EXACTLY two girls, this assumes that the other must be a boy. Therefore, the probability that a three child family has 2 girls one boy is P(2 girls)=3/8=0.375
