Assume That Male and Female Births Are Equally Likely and That

question 22

Multiple Choice

Assume that male and female births are equally likely and that the birth of any child does not affect theprobability of the gender of any other children. Find the probability of at most three girls in ten births.

• A) 0.172
• B) 0.300
• C) 0.003
• D) 0.333

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