at a city hospital, 40 boys and 50 girls were born yesterday. what is the experimental probabillity that the next baby born will be a girl
the theoretical probability is always 1/2
The experimental probability, determined by the outcome of the data, is 5/9
It's always 1/2.
To find the experimental probability of the next baby being a girl, you can use the ratio of the number of girls born to the total number of babies born.
The total number of babies born yesterday is given as 40 boys + 50 girls = 90 babies.
The number of girls born is given as 50.
Therefore, the experimental probability of the next baby being a girl is defined by:
Experimental probability = (Number of favorable outcomes) / (Total number of possible outcomes)
Experimental probability = Number of girls born / Total number of babies born
Plugging in the values, we get:
Experimental probability = 50 girls / 90 babies
Simplifying the fraction, we find:
Experimental probability = 5/9
Hence, the experimental probability that the next baby born will be a girl is 5/9.