SOLUTION: In a certain​ country, the true probability of a baby being a girl is 0.479. Among the next five randomly selected births in the​ country, what is the probability that at least

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Question 1133544: In a certain​ country, the true probability of a baby being a girl is 0.479. Among the next five randomly selected births in the​ country, what is the probability that at least one of them is a boy​?
The probability is __?
​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the probability none is a boy? That is 0.521, the complement, raised to the 5th power, or 0.0384
Therefore the rest, with probability 1-0.0384, or 0.9616, would be at least one boy.
0.9616 or 0.962