Suppose that a family has five children, consisting of three girls and two boys. Call the girls Abigail, Brianna, and Courtney; call the boys Duane and Evan. Suppose further that two of these children are to be selected at random.
-List the sample space of all possible pairs of these five children.

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The Answer is Using their first initial, you have 10 possible pairs:

\mathrm{AB}, \mathrm{AC}, \mathrm{AD}, \mathrm{AE}, \mathrm{BC}, \mathrm{BD}, \mathrm{BE}, \mathrm{CD}, \mathrm{CE}, \mathrm{DE}

Suppose That a Family Has Five Children, Consisting of Three