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The accompanying table descibes 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
Use the range of thumb to identify a range of values that are significant
the maximum value in this range is ___ girls .
(round to one decimal place as needed).
The minimum value in this range is ___ girls .
(round to one decimal place as needed ).
Based on the result is 1 girl in 10 births a significantly low number of girls ? Explain .
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