In a certain animal population, for each of the first 3 months of life, the probability that an animal will die during that month is 1/10. For a group of 600 newborn members of the population, approximately how many would be expected to survive the first 3 months of life?
Options:
(A) 438
(B) 446
(C) 452
(D) 462
(E) 470 Stream of consciousness first, then make a decision:
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Number of newborns that can die in first month = 1/10 *600 = 60
Survived = 540
Number of newborns that can die in second month = 1/10 * 540 = 54
Survived = 486
Number of newborns that can die in third month = 1/10 * 486 = 48
Survived = 438
Thus, the answer is (A).
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