Answer to Question #145938 in Statistics and Probability for Vladimyr Lubin

Question

(5.1.19) 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 0.003
2 0.115
3 0.234
4 0.246
5 0.234
6 0.115
7 0.023
8 0.005
Find the probability of getting exactly 6 girls in 8 births

Answer 1

According to the table the probability of getting exactly 6 girls in 8 births is 0.115.

Answer: 0.115