In a certain country, the true probability of a baby being a girl is 0.479. A mound the next four randomly selected births in the country, what is the probability that at least one of them is a boy ? Round to 3 decimal places as needed

0.947

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told that the true probability of a baby being a girl is 0.479.

This means that probability of a baby being a boy is;

p = 1 - 0.479

p = 0.521

Now,using binomial probability distribution formula we can solve this problem.

P(X=x) = C(n, x) × p^(x) × (1 - p)^(n - x)

We are told that a mound the next four randomly selected births in the country, what is the probability that at least one of them is a boy.

This is;

P(X ≥ 1) = P(1) + P(2) + P(3) + P(4)

P(1) = C(4, 1) × 0.521^(1) × (1 - 0.521)^(4 - 1)

P(1) = 0.229

P(2) = C(4, 2) × 0.521^(2) × (1 - 0.521)^(4 - 2)

P(2) = 0.3737

P(3) = C(4, 3) × 0.521^(3) × (1 - 0.521)^(4 - 3)

P(3) = 0.27096

P(4) = C(4, 4) × 0.521^(4) × (1 - 0.521)^(4 - 4)

P(4) = 0.0737

Thus;

P(X ≥ 1) = 0.229 + 0.3737 + 0.27096 + 0.0737

P(X ≥ 1) = 0.94736

P(X ≥ 1) ≈ 0.947

b: |12 – x| ≤ 0.25

step-by-step explanation:      

let x be the possible lengths in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

we have been given that jaime is cutting strips of ribbon for a project. he tries to cut each piece to be 12 inches long, but sometimes he cuts it too long or too short by as much as 0.25 inch.  

we can represent this information in an inequality as:

by the definition of absolute value function we will get,

upon combining our inequalities we will get,

therefore, the inequality   describes all the possible lengths (x), in inches, of the ribbons jaime cut.

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