Suppose that a region has two hospitals.  Hospital A has about 10 births per day, and hospital B has about 50 births per day.  About 50% of all babies are boys, but the percentage who are boys varies at each hospital from day to day.  Over the course of a year, which hospital will have more days on which 60% or more of the births are boys? The smaller Hospital A, the larger B, or will Hospital A and B have nearly the same number of days?

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Suppose that a region has two hospitals.  Hospital A has about 10 births per day, and hospital B has about 50 births per day.  About 50% of all babies are boys, but the percentage who are boys varies at each hospital from day to day.  Over the course of a year, which hospital will have more days on which 60% or more of the births are boys? The smaller Hospital A, the larger B, or will Hospital A and B have nearly the same number of days?

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