If the Probability of a Newborn Child Being Female Is

question 145

Multiple Choice

If the probability of a newborn child being female is 0.5, find the probability that in 100 births, 55 or more will be female. Use the normal distribution to approximate the binomial distribution.

• A)0.1841
• B)0.7967
• C)0.8159
• D)0.0606

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