Asked by Alford

In the U.S. 51% of all births are boys, and 49% ate girls. Use the binomial model to find the probability that 6 out of 10 births at a local hospital are boys. P(6 out of 10 are boys) =
(Round your answer to the nearest tenth value)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use the binomial formula:
P(X = 6) = C(10,6) (0.51)^6 (0.49)^4
= 210 · 0.51^6 · 0.49^4 ≈ 0.2127.

Rounded to the nearest tenth (one decimal place): 0.2 (≈21.3%).