Answer to Question #145931 in Statistics and Probability for Vladimyr Lubin

Question

(5.1.20) The accompanying table describes results from groups of 8 births from 8 different sets of parents. The random variable x represents the number of girls among 8 children.
Number of
Girls x ​P(x)
0 0.005
1 0.006
2 0.114
3 0.204
4 0.342
5 0.204
6 0.114
7 0.006
8 0.005
Find the probability of getting exactly 1 girl in 8 births.

Answer 1

According to the table the probability of getting exactly 1 girl in 8 births is 0.006.

Answer: 0.006