A newborn baby is considered to have a low birth weight if it weighs less than 2500

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A newborn baby is considered to have a low birth weight if it weighs less than 2500 grams. Such babies often require extra care. Dutchess County, New York, has been experiencing a mean of 210.0 cases of low birth weight each year.

a. Find the mean number of low birth weight babies born each day.

b. Find the probability that on a given day, there is more than 1 baby born with a low birth weight.

c. Is it unusual to have more than 1 low birth weight baby born in a day? Why or why not?

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Elementary Statistics

ISBN: 9780321500243

11th Edition

Authors: Mario F. Triola

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