Three groups of children contain 3 girls and 1 boy; 2 girls and 2 boys; 1 girl and 3 boys. One child is selected at random from each group. The probability that the three selected consist of 1 girl and 2 boys isa)13/32b)9/32c)3/32d)1/32Correct answer is option 'A'. Can you explain this answer?

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Solution:
We can solve the problem by finding the probability of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys from each group separately and then multiplying them.

Group 1:
Probability of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys from group 1 = Probability of selecting girl from group 1 * Probability of selecting 2 boys from group 1
= (3/4) * (1/4 * 1/3 + 3/4 * 2/3)
= (3/4) * (1/12 + 6/12)
= (3/4) * (7/12)
= 7/16

Group 2:
Probability of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys from group 2 = Probability of selecting girl from group 2 * Probability of selecting 2 boys from group 2
= (2/4) * (2/4 * 1/3 + 2/4 * 2/3)
= (1/2) * (2/12 + 8/12)
= (1/2) * (10/12)
= 5/12

Group 3:
Probability of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys from group 3 = Probability of selecting girl from group 3 * Probability of selecting 2 boys from group 3
= (1/4) * (3/4 * 2/3 + 1/4 * 1/3)
= (1/4) * (6/12 + 1/12)
= (1/4) * (7/12)
= 7/48

Now, we can find the probability of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys from all three groups by multiplying the probabilities of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys from each group.
Probability of selecting 1 girl and 2 boys from all three groups = (7/16) * (5/12) * (7/48)
= 35/6144

Therefore, the answer is (A) 13/32, which is not among the options provided. It is possible that the answer choices were written incorrectly, and the correct option is missing.

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