The accompanying table describes results from groups of 10 births from 10 different sets of parents. The random variable x represents the number of girls among 10 children. Use the range rule of thumb to determine whether 1 girl in 10 births is a significantly low number of girls. x P(x) 0 0.003 1 0.019 2 0.042 3 0.116 4 0.206 5 0.238 6 0.201 7 0.115 8 0.038 9 0.014 10 0.008

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The accompanying table describes results from groups of 10 births from 10 different sets of parents. The random variable x represents the number of girls among 10 children. Use the range rule of thumb to determine whether 1 girl in 10 births is a significantly low number of girls.

x P(x)
0 0.003
1 0.019
2 0.042
3 0.116
4 0.206
5 0.238
6 0.201
7 0.115
8 0.038
9 0.014
10 0.008
                 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
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