Question

1.Suppose half of all newborns are girls and half are boys. Hospital A, a large city hospital, records an average of 50 births a day. Hospital B, a small, rural hospital, records an average of 10 births a day. On a particular day, which hospital is less likely to record 80% or more female births?

Answer 1

Given

Newborns

Half are girls

Half are boys

Hospital A, records 50 births a day

Hospital B, records 10 births a day

Procedure

which hospital is less likely to record 80% or more female births?

Answer would be option C

C.The two hospitals are equally likely to record such an event, because the probability of a boy does not depend on the number of births.