A Couple Would Like to Know What the Probability Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

A couple would like to know what the probability is that out of five children, three will be girls. This is solved using which of the following?

• A) Sum rule
• B) Product rule
• C) Chi-square test
• D) Binomial expansion
• E) Random sampling error

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