Homework Help: Math

Posted by Jen on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 12:24am.

In the United States, more male babies are born than female. In 2004, 2,104,661 males were born and 2,007,391 females were born. Determine the empirical probability of an individual being born

a) male.
b) female.

Math - drwls, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 6:11am
a) P(male) = 2,104,661/(2,104,661 + 2,007,391) = 0.512

b) P(female) = 1 - P(male) = 0.488

"Empirical" means "based upon observation"

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