Suppose there were 4,065,014 births in a given year. Of those births 2,081,287 were boys and 1,983,727 were girls. What is the p

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robability that both children will be boys?

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kogti [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-29T08:14:22+03:00

kogti [31]3 years ago

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Answer:

The required probability is $\simeq 0.26214$

Step-by-step explanation:

There were 4,065,014 births in a given year and of those births 2,081,287 were boys and 1.983,727 were girls.

So, P(both children will be boys) = $\frac {^{2081287}{C}_2}{^{4065014}{C}_{2}}$

$\simeq 0.26214$