Law of large numbers, When all the results are combined

Law of large numbers

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Simulate a family of four children by flipping a coin 4 times, each flip of the coin represents one child in the family with male = tails, female = heads. Report the # of females in your simulated family. Now repeat this 30 times. When all the results are combined what is the proportion of females? Is the proportion the same in each of the individual families? Explain how this demonstrates the Law of Large Numbers.

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