Assume That Male and Female Births Are Equally Likely and That

question 76

Essay

Assume that male and female births are equally likely and that the birth of any child does not affect the
probability of the gender of any other children. Suppose that 500 couples each have a baby; find the mean and
standard deviation for the number of girls in the 500 babies.

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