The accompanying table describes 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 range rule of thumb to determine whether 1 girl in 10 births is a significantly low number of girls.  x    P(x) 0    0.006 1    0.013 2    0.041 3    0.115 4    0.203 5    0.242 6    0.196 7    0.117 8    0.045 9    0.015 10    0.007 Use the range rule of thumb to identify a range of values that are not significant.

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The accompanying table describes 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 range rule of thumb to determine whether 1 girl in 10 births is a significantly low number of girls. 
x    P(x)
0    0.006
1    0.013
2    0.041
3    0.115
4    0.203
5    0.242
6    0.196
7    0.117
8    0.045
9    0.015
10    0.007
Use the range rule of thumb to identify a range of values that are not significant.

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