Question: Use a simulation approach to find the probability that when five consecutive babies are born, there is a run of at least three babies of

Use a simulation approach to find the probability that when five consecutive babies are born, there is a run of at least three babies of the same sex. Use the ten simulations shown below, where 0 represents a male and 1 represents a female, and determine whether such runs are unusual.

Baby Number

1 2 3 4 5

1 1 0 0 0 1

2 0 0 1 1 0

3 0 1 0 0 1

4 0 0 0 0 0

5 0 0 0 1 0

6 0 0 0 0 0

7 1 0 0 1 0

8 1 1 0 1 0

9 1 0 1 1 0

0 1 1 0 1 0

A. Based on the simulations, such an event is unusual because its probability is:____ which is less than 0.05.

B. Based on the simulations, such an event is unusual because its probability is: _____, which is greater than 0.5.

C. Based on the simulations, such an event is not unusual because its probability is: _____, which is greater than 0.05.

D. Based on the simulations, such an event is not unusual because its probability is: ____, which is greater than 0.5.

I keep getting this wrong...I get correct that it is "not unusual" because the probability is greater than .5

but I am getting incorrect the exact probability.....aren't there 3 babies of the same sex in each simulation or am I misreading the simulation chart?

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