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According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) there were 65 909 babies born in Ireland in 2015. Of these 32 290 were girls. (a) (i) How many boys were born in Ir... show full transcript
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The probability that a randomly selected baby is a boy can be calculated using the formula:
Substituting the values:
Thus, the probability is approximately 0.51 when rounded to 2 decimal places.
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The probability that the first three babies born were boys can be found by raising the probability of a boy to the power of 3:
Thus, the probability is approximately 0.1327 when rounded to 4 decimal places.
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To find this probability, we consider that the first two births must be boys and the third must be a girl. This is calculated as:
Thus, the probability is approximately 0.1275 when rounded to 4 decimal places.
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