SOLUTION: 7. Provide an example of experimental probability and explain why it is considered experimental. Experimental probability of an event is the ratio of the number of times the event

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Question 1162046: 7. Provide an example of experimental probability and explain why it is considered experimental.
Experimental probability of an event is the ratio of the number of times the events occurs to the total number of trials.

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In most industrialized countries about 105 boys are born for every 100 girls, for a ratio of 1.05, 
known as the secondary sex ratio, or SSR; the primary sex ratio is the ratio at conception. 
This is often expressed as the percentage of boys among all births, or about 51.2 percent.


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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-a-pregnant-womans-chan/#:~:text=In%20most%20industrialized%20countries%20about,births%2C%20or%20about%2051.2%20percent.

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It is a typical example of experimental probability.