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Question 3: A freshman class consists of 6 students, 3 of which are girls. The class...

Question 3: A freshman class consists of 6 students, 3 of which are girls. The class needs to select a committee of 2 to represent them in the student senate.

(1) Write the sample space of this experiment.
(2) Calculate the probability of a committee of two boys. (3) Calculate the probability of one boy and one girl.

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