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A couple has 2 children. What is the probability that both are boys. If it is known that one of them is a boy?
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The couple has two children and one is known to be boy,
The probability that the other is boy will be

Total outcomes are 3 ,
The first child is a boy, the second girl
The first child is a girl, the second boy
The first child is a boy, second boy
The favourable outcome is one,
Thus, the probability that the other is boy will be

Hence, the correct option is a.