Directions: Below are a series of questions regarding the inheritance of blood type. Answer each question below. 9A. Fred and Wilma Flintstone came home from the hospital with their daughter, Pebbles. A few days later the hospital calls and says they think they sent the couple home with the wrong baby. Pebbles has A(+) blood. Fred has AB(-) blood and Wilma has O(+) blood. What is the probability that Pebbles is Fred and Wilma’s daughter? Fred (across) Wilma (down) A - B - O + O + (-)
Directions: Below are a series of questions regarding the inheritance of blood type. Answer each question below.
9A. Fred and Wilma Flintstone came home from the hospital with their daughter, Pebbles. A few days later the hospital calls and says they think they sent the couple home with the wrong baby. Pebbles has A(+) blood. Fred has AB(-) blood and Wilma has O(+) blood. What is the probability that Pebbles is Fred and Wilma’s daughter?
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Fred (across) Wilma (down) |
A - |
B - |
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O + |
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O + (-) |
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9B. Maggie Simpson has O(-) blood. Homer Simpson has A(+) blood and Marge Simpson has B(+) blood. Is Maggie Simpson Homer’s daughter? Explain your answer.
10A. Joan has O(+) blood and her husband has AB(+) blood. Their recently born son has O(-) blood. Is the husband the father of the son? Explain your answer.
10B. If a woman has O(-) blood marries a man with AB(-) blood, what are the possible blood type their first child could be born with? Explain your answer.
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Man (across) Woman (down) |
A - |
B - |
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O - |
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O - |
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