The calculation for determining sex ratio is

A) averaging the percentage of students who are female in many large school populations.

B) the number of males divided by the number of females multiplied by 1,000 for people of a particular age.

C) 1,000 minus the number of whichever sex is in excess.

D) the number of Y chromosomes in a population divided by one-third the number of X chromosomes.


B) the number of males divided by the number of females multiplied by 1,000 for people of a particular age.

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