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At a city hospital, 40 Boys and 50 girls were born yesterday. What is the experimental probability that the next baby born will be a girl?

At a city hospital, 40 Boys and 50 girls were born yesterday. What is the experimental-example-1
User Ben Bishop
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Answer:

4/5

Explanation:

BECAUSE THEY ARE MORE BORN GIRLS IN THAT HOSPITAL THAT THEIR ARE BOYS

User Clay Hinson
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50 out of a total of 90 babies were girls ( 50 + 40 = 90)

The probability the next baby will be a girl would be number of girls born over total number born = 50/90 which reduces to 5/9

The answer is 5/9

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